大筒

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Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
tube; cylinder
trad. (大筒)
simp. #(大筒)

Pronunciation


Noun

大筒

  1. a vertical bowed string instrument with two strings in the huqin family, used primarily in the traditional music of Hunan
  2. (Southern Min) (medicine) drip; intravenous drip

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Compound of (ō-, large) +‎ (tsutsu, tube).

The tsutsu changes to zutsu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

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Pronunciation


Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
つつ > づつ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

(おお)(づつ) (ōzutsuおほづつ (ofodutu)?

  1. a large bamboo sake barrel
  2. (archaic) a cannon
    Synonym: 大砲 (taihō)
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Antonyms

Proper noun

(おお)(づつ) (Ōzutsuおほづつ (Ofodutu)?

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Pronunciation


Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
とう
Grade: S
yutōyomi

Proper noun

(おお)(とう) (Ōtōおほとう (Ofotou)?

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN