大帝

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	emperor
simp. and trad. (大帝)		大	帝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-tè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàdì
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: dà-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdih
    • Palladius: дади (dadi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ dai³
    • Yale: daaih dai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tè
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxdex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ te²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ te²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ te¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ te²¹/

Noun

大帝

1. (Chinese mythology, Chinese folk religion, Taoism) a title of some Taoist deities

   紫微大帝  ―  Zǐwēi Dàdì  ―  Ziwei Emperor

2. a great monarch (often used to translate the epithet "the Great" of European monarchs)

   漢武大帝／汉武大帝  ―  Hànwǔ Dàdì  ―  the Great Emperor Wu of Han

   貝倫加利亞大帝／贝伦加利亚大帝  ―  Bèilúnjiālìyà Dàdì  ―  Berengaria the Great

   蘇萊曼大帝／苏莱曼大帝  ―  Sūláimàn Dàdì  ―  Suleiman the Magnificent

Derived terms

• 亞歷山大大帝 / 亚历山大大帝 (Yàlìshāndà Dàdì)
• 保生大帝 (Bǎoshēng Dàdì)
• 玉皇大帝 (Yùhuáng Dàdì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	帝
たい Grade: 1	てい Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

大 (tai-, “great; grand”) +‎ 帝 (tei, “emperor”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいてー [tàítéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ite̞ː]

Noun

大(たい)帝(てい) • (taitei) 

1. (monarchy) a "great emperor" (used in the titles of some monarchs, and also as a translation of English "the Great")

   明(めい)治(じ)大(たい)帝(てい)

   Meiji Taitei

   Meiji the Great

   カール/チャールズ大(たい)帝(てい)

   Kāru/Chāruzu Taitei

   Charles the Great

   ピョートル大(たい)帝(てい)

   Pyōtoru Taitei

   Peter the Great

   ロムルス大(たい)帝(てい)

   Romurusu Taitei

   Romulus the Great

See also

• 大(だい)王(おう) (daiō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	帝

Noun

大帝 • (daeje) (hangeul 대제)

1. hanja form^? of 대제 (“the Great”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	帝

Suffix

大帝

1. chữ Hán form of Đại Đế (“the Great”).