# 大塊
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàkuài
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ faai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàkuài
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàkuài
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-kʻuai$^4$
*** Yale: dà-kwài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahkuay
*** Palladius: дакуай (dakuaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ faai$^3$
*** Yale: daaih faai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ faai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ fai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² faːi̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: dajH|daH khwojH
Rime :
| Character | 大 | 大 | 塊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 定 (7) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 泰 (25) | 歌 (94) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I | I |
| Fanqie | 徒蓋切 | 唐佐切 | 苦對切 |
| Baxter | dajH | daH | khwojH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kʰuʌi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kʰuoi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kʰuɒi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daj$^H$/ | /da$^H$/ | /kʰwəj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kʰuᴀi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kʰuɒi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱɑi$^H$/ | /dʱɑ$^H$/ | /kʰuɑ̆i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dài | duò | kuì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | daai$^6$ | do$^6$ | fui$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s [kʰ]ˤ<r>uj-s|[kʰ]ˤuj-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*daːds kʰuːls|kʰruːds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 大 | 大 | 塊 | 塊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dà | dà | kuài | kuài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ da$^H$ › | ‹ daj$^H$ › | ‹ khwɛj$^H$ › | ‹ khwoj$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*lˁat-s/ (MC F!) | /*lˁa[t]-s/ | /*[kʰ]ˁ<r>uj-s/ | /*[kʰ]ˁuj-s/ |
| English | big | big | clod, lump | clod; lump |
| 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 | 塊 | 塊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 1934 | 1939 | 4666 | 4676 |
| Phonetic component | 大 | 大 | 鬼 | 鬼 |
| Rime group | 祭 | 祭 | 微 | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 䭾 | 大 | 塊 | 蒯 |
| Old Chinese | /*daːds/ | /*daːds/ | /*kʰuːls/ | /*kʰruːds/ |
| Notes | | | 說文凷或體 | 或作墤，廣韻只作墤 |

#### Noun

大塊
* (literary, chiefly Daoism) natural world; universe
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Fú dàkuài yī qì, qí míng wéi fēng. [Pinyin]
    When the breath of nature comes strongly, it is called wind.
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Fú dàkuài zài wǒ yǐ xíng, láo wǒ yǐ shēng, yì wǒ yǐ lǎo, xī wǒ yǐ sǐ. [Pinyin]
    There is the great Mass (of nature) — I find the support of my body on it; my life is spent in toil on it; my old age seeks ease on it; at death I find rest in it
    From: 8th century, Li Bai, 《春夜宴桃李園序》
    Dàkuài jiǎ wǒ yǐ wénzhāng. [Pinyin]
    Nature lends us her beautiful creations.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàkuài
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-tè / tōa-tèr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàkuài
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàkuài
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-kʻuai$^4$
*** Yale: dà-kwài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahkuay
*** Palladius: дакуай (dakuaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tè
*** Tâi-lô: tuā-tè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doaxdex
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ te²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ te¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ te²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tèr
*** Tâi-lô: tuā-tèr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tə⁴¹/

#### Adjective

大塊
* large; huge
* (Mainland China Hokkien) of a tall and big build (of a person)

##### Synonyms

* (large): (Hokkien) 大角

##### Derived terms

* 大塊文章／大块文章
* 大塊朵頤／大块朵颐
* 大塊頭／大块头 (dàkuàitóu)

#### Verb

大塊
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to be conceited; to be arrogant; to be self-important