# 大國
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàguó
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ gwok$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàguó
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàguó
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-kuo$^2$
*** Yale: dà-gwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahgwo
*** Palladius: даго (dago)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ gwok$^3$
*** Yale: daaih gwok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ gwok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ guog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³/
* Middle Chinese: dajH|daH kwok
Rime :
| Character | 大 | 大 | 國 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 定 (7) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 泰 (25) | 歌 (94) | 德 (132) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I | I |
| Fanqie | 徒蓋切 | 唐佐切 | 古或切 |
| Baxter | dajH | daH | kwok |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kwək̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kʷək̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kuək̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daj$^H$/ | /da$^H$/ | /kwək̚/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kuək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kuək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱɑi$^H$/ | /dʱɑ$^H$/ | /kwək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dài | duò | guo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | daai$^6$ | do$^6$ | gwak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s [C.q]ʷˤək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*daːds kʷɯːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 大 | 大 | 國 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dà | dà | guó |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ da$^H$ › | ‹ daj$^H$ › | ‹ kwok › |
| Old Chinese | /*lˁat-s/ (MC F!) | /*lˁa[t]-s/ | /*[C.q]ʷˁək/ |
| English | big | big | state (n.) |
| 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 | 國 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 1934 | 1939 | 5547 |
| Phonetic component | 大 | 大 | 或 |
| Rime group | 祭 | 祭 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 䭾 | 大 | 國 |
| Old Chinese | /*daːds/ | /*daːds/ | /*kʷɯːɡ/ |

### Noun

大國
* big country; major power; great nation
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
    Fú dàguó náncè yě, jù yǒu fú yān. [Pinyin]
    It is difficult to fathom the moves of a great state, and I feared an ambush.

#### Synonyms

* (literary) 大邦 (dàbāng)

#### Antonyms

* 小國／小国 (xiǎoguó)

#### Derived terms

* 大國沙文主義／大国沙文主义 (dàguó shāwén zhǔyì)
* 泱泱大國／泱泱大国 (yāngyāng dàguó)
* 超級大國／超级大国 (chāojí dàguó)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 大国(たいこく) (taikoku)
* → Korean: 대국(大國) (daeguk)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 國 |
| たい Grade: 1 | こく Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

大(たい)國(こく) • (taikoku)
* Kyūjitai form of 大国 (“big country, major power”)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 大 | 國 |

### Noun

大國 • (daeguk) (hangeul 대국)
* hanja form of 대국 (“big country”)