大手筆

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Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
autograph; literary skill
trad. (大手筆) 手筆
simp. (大手笔) 手笔

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (7) (26) (1)
Final () (25) (94) (136) (49)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division () I I III III
Fanqie
Baxter dajH daH syuwX pit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /ɕɨuX/ /pˠiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /ɕiuX/ /pᵚit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /ɕiəuX/ /piet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dajH/ /daH/ /ɕuwX/ /pjit̚/
Li
Rong
/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /ɕiuX/ /pjĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /ɕĭəuX/ /pĭĕt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱɑiH/ /dʱɑH/ /ɕi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dài duò shǒu bi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
daai6 do6 sau2 bat1

Noun

大手筆

  1. edict
  2. excellent work
  3. outstanding writer
  4. somebody that squanders a lot of money
  5. large undertaking