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大臣

大臣

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
simp. and trad. (大臣)		大	臣

Noun

大臣

minister; high-level official (of a monarchy)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	臣
Grade: 1	Grade: 4

Noun

大臣 ‎(hiragana だいじん, romaji daijin)

government minister, secretary of Japan or ancient China

Synonyms

閣僚 (かくりょう) ‎(kakuryō)
長官 (ちょうかん) ‎(chōkan) (other countries)

Compounds

総理大臣 (そうりだいじん) ‎(sōridaijin): prime minister
財務大臣 (ざいむだいじん) ‎(zaimudaijin): finance minister
大蔵大臣 (おおくらだいじん) ‎(ōkuradaijin): finance minister (dated)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dàchén

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ san⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-sṳ̀n
Min Nan (POJ): tāi-sîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahchenr
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ san⁴
  - Yale: daaih sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ san⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² sɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ sin²
  - IPA: /tʰa̯i⁵⁵ sɨn¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixsiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ ɕin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ ɕin²³/