大道理

大道理

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	reason; argument; logic reason; argument; logic; principle; rule; truth; philosophy
simp. and trad. (大道理)		大	道理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàdàolǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dou⁶ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàdàolǐ → dàdàoli (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ → ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄌㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdaw.lii
    • IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ li¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ dou⁶ lei⁵
    • Yale: daaih douh léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dou⁶ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dou⁶ léi⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² tou̯²² lei̯¹³/

Noun

大道理

1. major principle; general principle; great truth