大字
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Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word | ||
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| simp. and trad. (大字) |
大 | 字 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
大字
- big Chinese character; large character
- (colloquial) Chinese characters in general; writing
- (Hokkien) passport
- (Singapore Hokkien, dated) birth certificate
- (Philippine Hokkien, dated) landing certificate of residence
Usage notes
Usage in the Philippines refers specifically to the old Landing Certificate of Residence document that Chinese migrants were required to have during the American Colonial Era and Commonwealth Period in the Philippines as required by the Chinese Exclusion Act of the United States applied to the Philippine Islands from 1902-1943 as part of the United States. Chinese Filipino families tracing back to this era use this term to refer to this heirloom document.
Synonyms
- (passport):
Dialectal synonyms of 護照 (“passport”)
- (birth certificate):
Dialectal synonyms of 出生證 (“birth certificate”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 出生證, 出生證明, 出生證明書, 出生證書 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 出生證, 出生證明, 出生證明書, 出生證書 |
| Malaysia | 報生紙 | |
| Singapore | 報生紙 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 出世紙 |
| Hong Kong | 出世紙 | |
| Macau | 出世紙 | |
| Taishan | 出世紙 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 報生紙 | |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 出世紙 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 生囝字 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 生字仔, 報生紙, 大字 dated, 生囝字 dated | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 出生紙 | |
| Jieyang | 出生字, 出生紙 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 生囝字 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 出生證 |
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 大 | 字 |
| おお Grade: 1 |
あざ Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 大字 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 大字, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 大 | 字 |
| だい Grade: 1 |
じ Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | |
Noun
Further reading
Japanese numerals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
