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Chinese
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big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
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firm; fast
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simp. and trad. (大牢)
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大
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牢
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Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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大
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大
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牢
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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Initial (聲)
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定 (7)
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定 (7)
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來 (37)
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Final (韻)
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泰 (25)
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歌 (94)
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豪 (89)
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Tone (調)
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Departing (H)
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Departing (H)
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Level (Ø)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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I
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I
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I
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Fanqie
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徒蓋切
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唐佐切
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魯刀切
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Baxter
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dajH
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daH
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law
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/dɑiH/
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/dɑH/
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/lɑu/
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Pan Wuyun
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/dɑiH/
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/dɑH/
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/lɑu/
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Shao Rongfen
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/dɑiH/
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/dɑH/
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/lɑu/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/dajH/
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/daH/
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/law/
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Li Rong
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/dɑiH/
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/dɑH/
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/lɑu/
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Wang Li
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/dɑiH/
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/dɑH/
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/lɑu/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/dʱɑiH/
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/dʱɑH/
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/lɑu/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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dài
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duò
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láo
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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daai6
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do6
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lou4
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Noun
大牢
- (old-fashioned or humorous) jail; prison; dungeon
來人啊,將人犯押入大牢! [MSC, trad.]
来人啊,将人犯押入大牢! [MSC, simp.]- Láirén a, jiāng rénfàn yā rù dàláo!
- Men, take the offender to be detained in jail!
Synonyms
- 囹圄 (língyǔ) (literary)
- 清室 (qīngshì) (archaic)
- 牢 (láo)
- 牢房 (láofáng)
- 牢獄 / 牢狱 (láoyù)
- 班房 (bānfáng) (colloquial)
- 監房 / 监房 (jiānfáng)
- 監牢 / 监牢 (jiānláo)
- 監獄 / 监狱 (jiānyù)
- 鐵屋 / 铁屋 (tiěwū) (literary, figurative)