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大禹

大禹

Chinese

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

Proper noun

大禹

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Dàyǔ

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: Dàyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahyeu
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
    ^edit
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    大禹
    大語／大语
    大雨
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: daaih yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jy⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² jyː¹³/

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

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	/*lˤa[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/