大志

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Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	the will
simp. and trad. (大志)		大	志

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-chì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chih⁴
  - Yale: dà-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjyh
  - Palladius: дачжи (dačži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    大志
    大智
    大致
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ zi³
  - Yale: daaih ji
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ji³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡siː³³/
  - Homophones:
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    大志
    大智
    大致
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-chì
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-tsì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixcix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ t͡si²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² t͡si⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ t͡si²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡si¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ t͡si²¹/

Noun

大志

(literary) great determination; great ambition; great aspirations

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	志
たい Grade: 1	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいし (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

大(たい)志(し) • (taishi) ^{←たいし (taisi)^?}

(literary) great determination; great ambition; great aspirations
- William Smith Clark (ウィリアム・スミス・クラーク)
  少年(しょうねん)よ、大志(たいし)を抱(いだ)け。
  Shōnen yo, taishi o idake.
  Boys, be ambitious.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	志
たい Grade: 1	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Proper noun

大(たい)志(し) • (Taishi)

a male given name

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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