大同

Chinese

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
like; same; similar
like; same; similar; together; alike; with
simp. and trad.
(大同)

Pronunciation


Noun

大同

  1. (Chinese philosophy) Great Unity (utopian vision of the world in which everyone and everything is at peace)
  2. (formal) significant similarities
  3. () A combination 四上三中四下 in the Lingqijing.
  4. (Taiwanese Hokkien, chiefly Tainan, Magong) green pepper

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Derived terms

Proper noun

大同

  1. () Datong (a prefecture-level city in Shanxi, China)
  2. () (historical) Datong (a former county of Datong, Shanxi, China; modern Yunzhou District)
  3. () Datong (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)
  4. () Datong District (a district of Daqing, Heilongjiang, China)
  5. () Datong Township (various townships in Mainland China)
  6. () Datong (a mountain indigenous township in Yilan, Taiwan)
  7. () Datong Town (various towns in Mainland China)
  8. (社區) Datong (a residential community in Zhicheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)
  9. (historical) the Datong era (a Chinese era name):
    1. The fifth era of Emperor Wu of Liang, from 535 to 546.
    2. The third era of Emperor Wuxuan of Dafengmin (formerly Nanzhao), ending in 888.
    3. The third era of Emperor Taizong of Liao, in 947.
    4. The second era of Puxian Wannu as emperor of Eastern Xia, from 1224 to 1233.
    5. The era of Puyi as chief executive of the Japanese puppet state of the State of Manchuria (Manchukuo), from 1932 until his enthronement as emperor with the establishment of the Empire of Manchuria in 1934.

Coordinate terms

  • 康德 (Kāngdé) (era name of Manchukuo from 1934–45)

Descendants

  • English: Datong, Tatung

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1
どう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

(だい)(どう) (daidō) 

  1. roughly the same

Proper noun

(だい)(どう) (Daidō) 

  1. Datong
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