# 大城
## Chinese

* 大城 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Tōa-siâⁿ-hiong (Southern Min)

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Dàchéng
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ sing$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-sàng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Tōa-siâⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dua$^7$ sian$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Dàchéng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Dàchéng
*** Wade–Giles: Ta$^4$-chʻêng$^2$
*** Yale: Dà-chéng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahcherng
*** Palladius: Дачэн (Dačɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ sing$^4$
*** Yale: daaih sìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ sing$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ xing$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² sɪŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-sàng
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai sang$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ sang$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ saŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa-siâⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Tuā-siânn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsviaa
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ siã²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² siã²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ siã¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ siã²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dua$^7$ sian$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā siâⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /tua¹¹ sĩã⁵⁵/

#### Proper noun

大城
* (～府) Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (a province of Thailand)
* Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (a city in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province, Thailand)
* (～王國) (historical) Ayutthaya Kingdom
* (～鄉) Dacheng (a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan)

##### Synonyms

* (Ayutthaya): 阿瑜陀耶 (Āyútuóyē)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Dàichéng, Dàchéng
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄔㄥˊ, ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ sing$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tāi-siâⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Dàichéng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄔㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Dàichéng
*** Wade–Giles: Tai$^4$-chʻêng$^2$
*** Yale: Dài-chéng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Daycherng
*** Palladius: Дайчэн (Dajčɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /taɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Dàchéng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Dàchéng
*** Wade–Giles: Ta$^4$-chʻêng$^2$
*** Yale: Dà-chéng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahcherng
*** Palladius: Дачэн (Dačɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ sing$^4$
*** Yale: daaih sìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ sing$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ xing$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² sɪŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-siâⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Tāi-siânn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daixsviaa
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ siã²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² siã²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ siã¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ siã²³/

#### Proper noun

大城
* (～縣) Daicheng (a county of Langfang, Hebei, China)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 城 |
| おお Grade: 1 | しろ Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Etymology

Literally “great fortress”.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おおしろ [òóshíró] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [o̞ːɕiɾo̞]

### Proper noun

大(おお)城(しろ) • (Ōshiro)
* a surname

### References

* ↑ “おおしろ［おほしろ］ 【大城】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

## Old Japanese
### Etymology

Appears to be derived from a Baekje compound; if so, possibly 鞬 (*k(j)ə-n, “big, great”) +‎ 城 (*sasi, “fortress”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) コニサシ [kòníꜜsàshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [ko̞ɲ̟isa̠ɕi]

### Noun

大城 (*ko₂nisasi) (kana コニサシ)
* the capital of Baekje
** 720, Nihon Shoki, Emperor Yūryaku (twentieth year of reign [c. 476 CE] in winter; Zushoryō-bon glosses):蓋鹵王乙卯年冬、狛大軍來攻$_レ$大-城七日七夜...When Gaero was king on the Wood Rabbit year [475 CE] in winter, an army from Köma (Goryeo) came and attacked the great fortress [or capital] for seven days and seven nights.

#### Descendants

* Japanese: 大城 (konisashi), in modern Japanese dictionaries

### References

* 1 2 “コニサシ 【大城】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here