宏大

Chinese

		spacious	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (宏大)		宏	大
alternative forms		弘大

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóngdà

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wang⁴ daai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-tāi / hông-tōa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hóngdà
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hóngdà
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-ta⁴
  - Yale: húng-dà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngdah
  - Palladius: хунда (xunda)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ tä⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    宏大
    洪大
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wang⁴ daai⁶
  - Yale: wàhng daaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wang⁴ daai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: weng⁴ dai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐŋ²¹ taːi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: hông-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongdai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tai²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tai³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² tai²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ tai³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-tōa
  - Tâi-lô: hông-tuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongdoa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² tua²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tua²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tua⁴¹/

Adjective

宏大

grand; vast; magnificent; ambitious

Synonyms

光大 (guāngdà)
寬大 / 宽大 (kuāndà)
寬闊 / 宽阔 (kuānkuò)
巨大 (jùdà)
廣 / 广
廣大 / 广大 (guǎngdà)
廣闊 / 广阔 (guǎngkuò)
龐 / 庞 (literary, or in compounds)
龐大 / 庞大 (pángdà)
洪大 (hóngdà)
浩大 (hàodà)
無邊 / 无边 (wúbiān)
甚大 (shèndà) (literary)
莽莽 (mǎngmǎng)
蕩 / 荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative, of an area)
遼闊 / 辽阔 (liáokuò)

Antonyms

狹小／狭小 (xiáxiǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宏	大
こう Jinmeiyō	だい Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 宏大 – see the following entry.

【広大こうだい】

[adjective] huge

[adjective] vast

[adjective] magnificent

[adjective] grand

[noun] vastness

[proper noun] a male given name

Alternative spelling
弘大

(This term, 宏大, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
宏	大

Noun

宏大 • (goengdae) (hangeul 굉대)

hanja form^? of 굉대