大水
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor | water; river | ||
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simp. and trad. (大水) | 大 | 水 |
Pronunciation
Noun
大水
- flood (usually disastrous overflow from a body of water)
- (Taishanese) heavy rain; downpour
Synonyms
- (flood):
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- (heavy rain): 大雨 (dàyǔ); (Min Nan) 大陣雨/大阵雨, 兇狂雨/凶狂雨
See also
- 乾旱/干旱 (gānhàn)
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (大水):
- → Japanese: 大水 (taisui)
Verb
大水
- (Shanghainese Wu) to flood
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 水 |
おお Grade: 1 | みず Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 大 (ō, “great”) + 水 (mizu, “water”).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) おおみず [òómíꜜzù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- (Tokyo) おおみず [óꜜòmìzù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [o̞ːmʲizɨᵝ]
Noun
大水 • (ōmizu) ←おほみづ (ofomidu)?
- flood
Synonyms
- (flood): 洪水 (kōzui)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 水 |
たい Grade: 1 | すい Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese compound 大水 (dajH sywijX, literally “great + water”). Compare modern Mandarin 大水 (dàshuǐ, “flood”).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) たいすい [tàísúí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [ta̠isɨᵝi]
Noun
大水 • (taisui)
- great river or lake
- flood
Synonyms
- (flood): 洪水 (kōzui)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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大 | 水 |
Noun
大水 • (daesu) (hangeul 대수)
- Hanja form? of 대수 (“flood”).
Okinawan
Etymology
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 水 |
うー Grade: 1 | みじ Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 大 (ū-, “great”) + 水 (miji, “water”). Cognate to Japanese 大水 (おおみず, ōmizu).
Noun
大水 (hiragana うーみじ, rōmaji ūmiji)
- flood
References
- “うーみじ【大水】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.