# 大班
## Chinese

* 大班

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàbān
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ baan$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-pan
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàbān
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàban
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-pan$^1$
*** Yale: dà-bān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahban
*** Palladius: дабань (dabanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ pän⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàbānr
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàbanr
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-pan$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: dà-bānr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbal
*** Palladius: дабаньр (dabanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ pɑɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ baan$^1$
*** Yale: daaih bāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ baan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ ban$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² paːn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-pan
*** Tâi-lô: tuā-pan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doaxpafn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² pan³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ pan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/

### Noun

大班
* (education) large class
* (education, Mainland China) top grade in kindergarten
* (Cantonese) senior business executive or entrepreneur operating in China; taipan
** 1947, 楊工良, director, 《新白金龍》 [The New White Golden Dragon]‎, spoken by 張玉娘 (鄭孟霞 [Cheng Mang-ha]):
       jam$^4$ nei$^5$ hai$^6$ ngan$^4$ hong$^4$ daai$^6$ baan$^1$, jik$^1$ waak$^6$ fu$^3$ gwai$^3$ wong$^4$ hau$^4$ [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (Hokkien, dated) Peking opera

#### Synonyms

* (top grade in kindergarten): (Hong Kong) 高班
* (Peking opera):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 京劇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 京劇, 京戲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 國劇, 京劇, 平劇, 京戲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 京戲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 京劇 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 大戲 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 京劇 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 京劇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 京劇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 京劇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 京劇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 京戲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 京戲, 大戲, 二黃戲 dated |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 京戲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 京戲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 京戲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 京戲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 京戲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 京劇, 京戲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 京戲, 京劇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 京戲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 大戲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 京劇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 京劇 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 京劇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 京戲 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 京戲 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 京戲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 京劇 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 京劇, 京戲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 京戲 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 京劇 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 京戲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 京戲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 京劇, 京班 dated, 大班 dated, 正音 dated |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 京劇, 京班 dated, 大班 dated |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 京劇, 京班 dated, 大班 dated, 正音 dated |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 京戲, 正音 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 京戲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 京劇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 京戲, 大戲 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 大戲, 京班戲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 大戲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 京戲 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 京戲, 大戲 dated |
| Wu | Danyang | 京戲, 大戲 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 京戲 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 京戲 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 京戲 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 京劇 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 京戲 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 京戲 |

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “large class”): 小班 (xiǎobān)

#### Derived terms

* 大班椅

#### Descendants

* → English: taipan
* → Khmer: តាយប៉ាន (taay paan)