大員

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See also: 大圓, 臺員, and 大员

Chinese

Etymology 1

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	person; employee; member
trad. (大員)		大	員
simp. (大员)		大	员

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàyuán
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yüan²
  - Yale: dà-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyuan
  - Palladius: даюань (dajuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

Noun

大員

high-ranking government official
- 中國省級地方大員加速「換血」。
  中国省级地方大员加速「换血」。
  From: 杨丹旭 (18 December 2020) “特稿：距2022年二十大不到两年中国省级地方大员加速“换血””, in 联合早报‎, archived from the original on 19 December 2020
  Zhōngguó shěngjí dìfāng dàyuán jiāsù “huànxiě”.
  Reshuffling of Chinese provincial high official speeds up.

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (大員)		大	員
simp. (大员)		大	员
alternative forms		大圓／大圆

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dàyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄢˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tāi-oân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dàyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dàyuán
  - Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-yüan²
  - Yale: Dà-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahyuan
  - Palladius: Даюань (Dajuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-oân
  - Tâi-lô: Tāi-uân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ uan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² uan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ uan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ uan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ uan²³/

Proper noun

大員

(historical, obsolete) Tayouan (a historical peninsula located in present-day Anping district, Tainan, Taiwan)
- 東番夷人不知所自始，居彭湖外洋海島中。起魍港、加老灣，歷大員、堯港、打狗嶼、小淡水、雙溪口、加哩林、沙巴里、大幫坑，皆其居也，斷續凡千餘里。
  东番夷人不知所自始，居彭湖外洋海岛中。起魍港、加老湾，历大员、尧港、打狗屿、小淡水、双溪口、加哩林、沙巴里、大帮坑，皆其居也，断续凡千余里。
  From: 1603, 陳第 (Chen Di), 東番記
  Dōngfān yírén bùzhī suǒ zì shǐ, jū pénghú wàiyáng hǎidǎo zhōng. Qǐ Wǎnggǎng, Jiālǎowān, lì Dàyuán, Yáogǎng, Dǎgǒuyǔ, Xiǎodànshuǐ, Shuāngxīkǒu, Jiālilín, Shābālǐ, Dàbāngkēng, jiē qí jū yě, duànxù fán qiān yú lǐ.
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

臺灣／台湾 (Táiwān)
臺員／台员
臺窩灣／台窝湾 (Táiwōwān)

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