# 大陸
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàlù
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai$^6$ luk$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai$^5$ luuk$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thai-liu̍k
    (Hailu, HRS): tai$^ˇ$ liug$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dâi-lṳ̆k
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-lio̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dai$^6$ lêg$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$da-loq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàlù
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàlù
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-lu$^4$
*** Yale: dà-lù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahluh
*** Palladius: далу (dalu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$大路 大陸 / 大陆 大鹿
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ luk$^6$
*** Yale: daaih luhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ luk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ lug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² lʊk̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ai$^5$ luuk$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ai³² lɵk̚³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-liu̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai liug
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ liug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ li̯uk̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai$^ˇ$ liug$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai¹¹ liuk²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dâi-lṳ̆k
*** Sinological IPA : /tai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ l̃yʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-lio̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tāi-lio̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daixliok
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ liɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /tai⁴¹⁻²² liɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /tai²²⁻²¹ liɔk̚⁴³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ liɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ liɔk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ liɔk̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dai$^6$ lêg$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi le̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ lek̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$da-loq
*** MiniDict: da$^去$ loh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$da-loq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² loʔ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: dajH ljuwk
Rime :
| Character | 大 | 陸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 泰 (25) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 徒蓋切 | 力竹切 |
| Baxter | dajH | ljuwk |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑi$^H$/ | /lɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑi$^H$/ | /liuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑi$^H$/ | /liuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daj$^H$/ | /luwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑi$^H$/ | /liuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑi$^H$/ | /lĭuk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱɑi$^H$/ | /li̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dài | lù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | daai$^6$ | luk$^6$ |

### Noun

大陸
* continent; landmass
    歐亞大陸／欧亚大陆 ― Ōu Yà dàlù ― Eurasia
* mainland

#### Synonyms

* (landmass): 大片陸地／大片陆地 (dàpiàn lùdì), 陸地／陆地 (lùdì)

#### Derived terms

* 中國大陸 / 中国大陆 (Zhōngguó dàlù)
* 大陸坡 / 大陆坡
* 大陸島 / 大陆岛
* 大陸性 / 大陆性
* 大陸架 / 大陆架 (dàlùjià)
* 大陸棚 / 大陆棚 (dàlùpéng)
* 大陸橋 / 大陆桥
* 大陸法 / 大陆法 (dàlùfǎ)
* 大陸法系 / 大陆法系 (dàlùfǎxì)
* 大陸漂移 / 大陆漂移 (dàlù piāoyí)
* 次大陸 / 次大陆 (cìdàlù)
* 歐亞大陸 / 欧亚大陆
* 歐洲大陸 / 欧洲大陆 (Ōuzhōudàlù)
* 盤古大陸 / 盘古大陆 (Pángǔ Dàlù)

### Proper noun

大陸
* mainland China
    From: "499. 共襄盛舉." 500 Common Chinese Idioms: An annotated Frequency Dictionary. Liwei Jiao, Cornelius C. Kubler, and Weiguo Zhang. 2011.
    Fāshēng le dà dìzhèn, Dàlù jí Gǎng, Ào, Tái sān dì yìrén wèile jiùzāi gòngxiāngshèngjǔ, jǔbàn le duō chǎng yǎnchànghuì. [Pinyin]
    After the major earthquake, artists from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan all worked together to perform several concerts to collect funds for disaster relief.
    From: 1972, 余光中 (Yu Kwang-chung), 鄉愁
    ér xiànzài Xiāngchóu shì yī wān qiǎn qiǎn de hǎixiá Wǒ zài zhè tóu Dàlù zài nà tóu [Pinyin]
    And now Homesick is a shallow strait I am here And Mainland is there

#### Usage notes

In Hong Kong and Macau Cantonese, when describing the action of "going to mainland China", the verb 返 (faan$^1$, “to return (to)”) is usually used instead of 去 (heoi$^3$, “to go (to)”) even if the speaker was born in Hong Kong or Macau.
People living in Hainan may refer to whole China except the island and Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan as Mainland China. But for people living in the latter three regions, the concept of “Mainland China” includes Hainan island.

#### Synonyms

* 內地／内地 (nèidì)
* 中國大陸／中国大陆 (Zhōngguó dàlù)
* 中國內地／中国内地 (Zhōngguó nèidì)
* (Taiwan) 唐山 (Tángshān)
* (Taiwanese Hakka) 長山／长山

#### Derived terms

* 大陸人 / 大陆人 (dàlùrén)
* 大陸仔 / 大陆仔
* 大陸佬 / 大陆佬
* 大陸化 / 大陆化 (dàlùhuà)
* 大陸喱 / 大陆喱
* 大陸妹 / 大陆妹 (dàlùmèi)
* 陸本 / 陆本 (lùběn)

#### See also

* (Taiwanese Hokkien) 阿山 (Āshān)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 大陸(たいりく) (tairiku)
* → Korean: 대륙(大陸) (daeryuk)
* → Vietnamese: đại lục (大陸)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 陸 |
| たい Grade: 1 | りく Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たいりく [tàíríkú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ta̠iɾʲikɯ̟]

### Noun

大(たい)陸(りく) • (tairiku)
* (geology) a continent
    アフリカ大陸(たいりく)
       afurika-tairiku
       the continent of Africa
* (especially) China

#### Derived terms

* 亜(あ)大陸(たいりく) (atairiku, “subcontinent”)

#### Derived terms

* 大陸棚(たいりくだな) (tairiku dana): continental shelf
* 大陸斜面(たいりくしゃめん) (tairiku shamen): continental slope
* 大陸移動(たいりくいどう) (tairiku idō): continental drift
* 大陸国家(たいりくこっか) (tairiku kokka): continental state
* タイリクオオカミ (tairiku ōkami): grey wolf
* 大陸横断鉄道(たいりくおうだんてつどう) (tairiku ōdan tetsudō): transcontinental railroad

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 大 | 陸 |

### Noun

大陸 • (daeryuk) (hangeul 대륙)
* hanja form of 대륙 (“continent”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 大 | 陸 |

### Noun

大陸
* chữ Hán form of đại lục (“continent”).