# 大王
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàwáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ wong$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-vòng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-ông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dai$^6$ uang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàwáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàwáng
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-wang$^2$
*** Yale: dà-wáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahwang
*** Palladius: даван (davan)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ wong$^4$
*** Yale: daaih wòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ wong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ wong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² wɔːŋ²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$大王 大黃／大黄
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-vòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai vong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ vong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ voŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ông
*** Tâi-lô: tāi-ông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daixoong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ ɔŋ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dai$^6$ uang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi uâng
*** Sinological IPA : /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: dajH|daH hjwang
Rime :
| Character | 大 | 大 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 定 (7) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 泰 (25) | 歌 (94) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I | III |
| Fanqie | 徒蓋切 | 唐佐切 | 雨方切 |
| Baxter | dajH | daH | hjwang |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɦʉɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɦʷiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɣiuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daj$^H$/ | /da$^H$/ | /ɦuaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɣiuaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɣĭwaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱɑi$^H$/ | /dʱɑ$^H$/ | /iwaŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dài | duò | wáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | daai$^6$ | do$^6$ | wong$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s ɢʷaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*daːds ɢʷaŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 大 | 大 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dà | dà | wáng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ da$^H$ › | ‹ daj$^H$ › | ‹ hjwang › |
| Old Chinese | /*lˁat-s/ (MC F!) | /*lˁa[t]-s/ | /*ɢʷaŋ/ |
| English | big | big | king |
| 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 | 大 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| No. | 1934 | 1939 | 12742 |
| Phonetic component | 大 | 大 | 王 |
| Rime group | 祭 | 祭 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 䭾 | 大 | 王 |
| Old Chinese | /*daːds/ | /*daːds/ | /*ɢʷaŋ/ |

#### Noun

大王
* (figurative) king (of)
    鹹濕大王／咸湿大王 [Cantonese] ― haam$^4$ sap$^1$ daai$^6$ wong$^4$ [Jyutping] ― king of perversion
* (card games) the red joker, one of the two jokers that has a more reddish or colorful appearance

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàiwang, dàiwáng, dàwáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄨㄤ, ㄉㄞˋ ㄨㄤˊ, ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ wong$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-vòng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-ông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dai$^6$ uang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàiwang
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄨㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàiwång
*** Wade–Giles: tai$^4$-wang$^5$
*** Yale: dài-wang
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: day.uang
*** Palladius: дайван (dajvan)
*** Sinological IPA : /taɪ̯⁵¹ wɑŋ¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàiwáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄨㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàiwáng
*** Wade–Giles: tai$^4$-wang$^2$
*** Yale: dài-wáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daywang
*** Palladius: дайван (dajvan)
*** Sinological IPA : /taɪ̯⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàwáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàwáng
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-wang$^2$
*** Yale: dà-wáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahwang
*** Palladius: даван (davan)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ wong$^4$
*** Yale: daaih wòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ wong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ wong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² wɔːŋ²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$大王 大黃／大黄
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-vòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai vong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ vong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ voŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ông
*** Tâi-lô: tāi-ông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daixoong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ ɔŋ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dai$^6$ uang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi uâng
*** Sinological IPA : /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: dajH|daH hjwang
Rime :
| Character | 大 | 大 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 定 (7) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 泰 (25) | 歌 (94) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I | III |
| Fanqie | 徒蓋切 | 唐佐切 | 雨方切 |
| Baxter | dajH | daH | hjwang |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɦʉɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɦʷiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɣiuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daj$^H$/ | /da$^H$/ | /ɦuaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɣiuaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɣĭwaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱɑi$^H$/ | /dʱɑ$^H$/ | /iwaŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dài | duò | wáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | daai$^6$ | do$^6$ | wong$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s ɢʷaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*daːds ɢʷaŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 大 | 大 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dà | dà | wáng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ da$^H$ › | ‹ daj$^H$ › | ‹ hjwang › |
| Old Chinese | /*lˁat-s/ (MC F!) | /*lˁa[t]-s/ | /*ɢʷaŋ/ |
| English | big | big | king |
| 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 | 大 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| No. | 1934 | 1939 | 12742 |
| Phonetic component | 大 | 大 | 王 |
| Rime group | 祭 | 祭 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 䭾 | 大 | 王 |
| Old Chinese | /*daːds/ | /*daːds/ | /*ɢʷaŋ/ |

#### Noun

大王
* (historical) monarch; king
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Tú yáng Yuè yuē: “Dàiwang shī guó, fēi chén zhī zuì, gù bùgǎn fú qí zhū; dàiwang fǎn guó, fēi chén zhī gōng, gù bùgǎn dāng qí shǎng.” [Pinyin]
    Yue said, 'It was not through any crime of mine that the king lost his kingdom, and therefore I did not dare to submit to the death (which would have been mine if I had remained in the capital). And it was not through any service of mine that he recovered his kingdom, and therefore I do not dare to count myself worthy of any reward from him.'
* (historical, or in novels and operas) ringleader; chief; king
* (historical, Netherland East Indies) governor general

### Derived terms

* 大王烏賊／大王乌贼 (dàwáng wūzéi)
* 大王秋海棠 (dàwáng qiūhǎitáng)
* 大王魷魚／大王鱿鱼 (dàwáng yóuyú)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 大王(だいおう) (daiō)
* → Korean: 대왕(大王) (daewang)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 王 |
| だい Grade: 1 | おう Grade: 1 |
| goon ||

### Etymology

大 (dai-, “great”) +‎ 王 (ō, “king”), from Chinese 大王

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) だいおー [dàíóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [da̠io̞ː]

### Noun

大(だい)王(おう) • (daiō)
* (monarchy) a "great king" (used in the titles of or as the term of address for some kings, and also as a translation of English "the Great")
    アレクサンドロス大(だい)王(おう)
       Arekusandorosu Daiō
       Alexander the Great
** 2001 March 10 [1998 December 16], Motohiro Katou, “ミネルヴァの梟(ふくろう) [Owl of Minerva]”, in Ｑ.(キュー)Ｅ.(イー)Ｄ.(ディー) 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], 9th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 102:
    クラブのＫ(キング)はマケドニアのアレクサンダー大(だい)王(おう)
       Kurabu no kingu wa Makedonia no Arekusandā Daiō
       The king of clubs is Alexander the Great of Macedonia
* (monarchy) a "great prince" (used in the titles of some ruling princes)

### See also

* 大(たい)帝(てい) (taitei)

### References

* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.