大典

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	canon; dictionary
simp. and trad. (大典)		大	典

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ din²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-tián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàdiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tien³
    • Yale: dà-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdean
    • Palladius: дадянь (dadjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ din²
    • Yale: daaih dín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ din²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ din²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tiːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-tián
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixdiern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ tiɛn⁴¹/

Noun

大典

1. great ceremony

   登基大典  ―  dēngjī dàdiǎn  ―  inauguration ceremony of the monarch

   祭孔大典  ―  jì Kǒng dàdiǎn  ―  The Grand Ceremony of Worship of Confucius

2. (literary) tome of classical writings; canon
3. (literary) state statutes; major laws and decrees

Derived terms

• 永樂大典／永乐大典 (Yǒnglè Dàdiǎn)
• 開國大典／开国大典