big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
to drive; to draw; to harness to drive; to draw; to harness; to mount | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大駕) | 大 | 駕 | |
| simp. (大驾) | 大 | 驾 | |
| Rime | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 大 | 大 | 駕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 定 (7) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 泰 (25) | 歌 (94) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I | II |
| Fanqie | 徒蓋切 | 唐佐切 | 古訝切 |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/dɑiH/ | /dɑH/ | /kˠaH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/dɑiH/ | /dɑH/ | /kᵚaH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/dɑiH/ | /dɑH/ | /kaH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/dajH/ | /daH/ | /kaɨH/ |
| Li Rong |
/dɑiH/ | /dɑH/ | /kaH/ |
| Wang Li |
/dɑiH/ | /dɑH/ | /kaH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/dʱɑiH/ | /dʱɑH/ | /kaH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
dài | duò | jià |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex |
daai6 | do6 | gaa3 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 大 | 大 | 駕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
dà | dà | jià |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ daH › | ‹ dajH › | ‹ kæH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!) | /*lˁa[t]-s/ | /*kˁraj-s/ |
| English | big | big | hitch horses to a chariot |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 大 | 大 | 駕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 1934 | 1939 | 5884 |
| Phonetic component |
大 | 大 | 加 |
| Rime group |
祭 | 祭 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
䭾 | 大 | 駕 |
| Old Chinese |
/*daːds/ | /*daːds/ | /*kraːls/ |