大連

See also: 大连

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	even; as; to join even; as; to join; to link; successively
trad. (大連)		大	連
simp. (大连)		大	连

Etymology

Ultimately from the name of the original Russian settlement, Russian Да́льний (Dálʹnij, literally “distant”). Folk etymology suggests a derivation from 褡褳／褡裢 (dālian, “type of rectangle-shaped pocket with a pouch in the middle and two bags at the ends”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dàlián

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ lin⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): Dâi-lièng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Tāi-liân

(Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ liang⁵ / dai⁶ liêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dàlián
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dàlián
  - Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-lien²
  - Yale: Dà-lyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahlian
  - Palladius: Далянь (Daljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ lin⁴
  - Yale: daaih lìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ lin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² liːn²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Dâi-lièng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ l̃ieŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-liân
  - Tâi-lô: Tāi-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixlieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ liɛn²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dai⁶ liang⁵ / dai⁶ liêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi liâng / tăi liêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ liaŋ⁵⁵/, /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ lieŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

大連

(～市) Dalian (a subprovincial city of Liaoning, China)

Descendants

→ English: Dalian, Talien, Ta-lien

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	連
だい Grade: 1	れん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だいれん [dáꜜìrèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [da̠iɾẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

大(だい)連(れん) • (Dairen)

Dalian (a major subprovincial city of Liaoning, in northeastern China)

Descendants

→ English: Dairen

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	連

Proper noun

大連 • (Daeryeon) (hangeul 대련)

hanja form^? of 대련 (“Dalian (a major subprovincial city of Liaoning, in northeastern China)”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	連

Proper noun

大連

chữ Hán form of Đại Liên (“Dalian (a major subprovincial city of Liaoning, in northeastern China)”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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