大水

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Chinese

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 water; river
simp. and trad.
(大水) 		大 水

Pronunciation

Noun

大水

  1. flood (usually disastrous overflow from a body of water)
  2. (Taishanese) heavy rain; downpour

Synonyms

  • (flood):

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大水):
  • → Japanese: 大水(たいすい) (taisui)

See also

Verb

大水

  1. (Shanghainese) to flood

Japanese

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大 水
おお
Grade: 1 		みず
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 大 (ō, “great”) +‎ 水 (mizu, “water”).

Pronunciation

Noun

大(おお)水(みず) • (ōmizu) ←おほみづ (ofomidu)?

  1. flood
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大 水
たい
Grade: 1 		すい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 大水 (dajH sywijX, literally “great + water”). Compare modern Mandarin 大水 (dàshuǐ, “flood”).

Pronunciation

Noun

大(たい)水(すい) • (taisui) 

  1. great river or lake
  2. flood
Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
大水

Noun

大水 • (daesu) (hangeul 대수)

  1. Hanja form? of 대수 (“flood”).

Okinawan

Etymology

Kanji in this term
大 水
うー
Grade: 1 		みじ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 大 (ū-, “great”) +‎ 水 (miji, “water”). Cognate to Japanese 大(おお)水(みず) (ōmizu).

Noun

大(うー)水(みじ) (ūmiji) 

  1. flood

References

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