大禮拜

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	service; prayer; salat service; prayer; salat; week
trad. (大禮拜)		大	禮拜
simp. (大礼拜)		大	礼拜
Literally: “big week/weekend”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàlǐbài

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàlǐbài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàlǐbài
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-li³-pai⁴
    • Yale: dà-lǐ-bài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahliibay
    • Palladius: далибай (dalibaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

大禮拜

1. alternate Sunday on which one has a day off; fortnightly holiday

   休大禮拜／休大礼拜  ―  xiū dàlǐbài  ―  to have every other Sunday off

2. week with an alternate Saturday off in addition to a Sunday off; weekend of such a week
3. day off every ten days

Antonyms

• 小禮拜／小礼拜 (xiǎolǐbài)