大公
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Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大公) | 大 | 公 | |
| simp. #(大公) | 大 | 公 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàgong
- Wade–Giles: ta4-kung1
- Yale: dà-gūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahgong
- Palladius: дагун (dagun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
大公
大功
大工
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: daai6 gung1
- Yale: daaih gūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 gung1
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 gung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
大公
大功
大工
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: duâi-gŭng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tuai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ (k-)uŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
Noun
大公
- grand duke
- (Eastern Min, Puxian Min) great-grandfather (particularly paternal grandfather's father)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 曾祖父 (“great-grandfather (paternal grandfather's father)”)
Derived terms
Adjective
大公
- just and selfless
- (Christianity) catholic; universal
- (Can we date this quote?), “使徒信經 [Apostles' Creed]”, in 禮賢會規定禮文:
- 又信聖神，大公聖會，聖徒相通，罪得赦宥，身體復生，後享永生，誠心所願。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- jau6 seon3 sing3 san4, daai6 gung1 sing3 wui6, sing3 tou4 soeng1 tung1, zeoi6 dak1 se3 jau6, san1 tai2 fau6 sang1, hau6 hoeng2 wing5 sang1, sing4 sam1 so2 jyun6.
- I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
又信圣神，大公圣会，圣徒相通，罪得赦宥，身体复生，后享永生，诚心所愿。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 大 | 公 |
| たい Grade: 1 |
こう Grade: 2 |
| kan'on | |
Etymology
From 大 (tai-, “grand”) + 公 (kō, “duke”).