大禹

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	name of an emperor
trad. (大禹)		大	禹
simp. ^#(大禹)		大	禹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dà Yǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dà Yǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dà Yǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Ta⁴ Yü³
  - Yale: Dà Yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dah Yeu
  - Palladius: Да Юй (Da Juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: daaih yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jyː¹³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    大禹
    大語／大语
    大雨

Middle Chinese: /dɑi^H ɦɨo^X/

Rime
Character	大	禹
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒蓋切	王矩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑi^H/	/ɦɨo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑi^H/	/ɦio^X/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑi^H/	/ɣio^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daj^H/	/ɦuə̆^X/
Li Rong	/dɑi^H/	/ɣio^X/
Wang Li	/dɑi^H/	/ɣĭu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑi^H/	/i̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	yǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai⁶	jyu⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤa[t]-s [ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*daːds ɢʷaʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	禹
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	yǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ daj^H ›	‹ hju^X ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ/
English	big	insect; proper name
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	大	禹
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	1934	15960
Phonetic component	大	禹
Rime group	祭	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	羽
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*ɢʷaʔ/

Proper noun

大禹

Yu the Great (legendary ruler in ancient China, famed for introducing flood control and founding the Xia dynasty)

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