# 大使
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* 大使

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dàshǐ
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˇ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дашы (dašɨ, III-I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai$^6$ si$^3$ / daai$^6$ si$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai$^5$ lhu$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-sṳ́
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-sài
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dai$^6$ sai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàshǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàshǐh
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-shih$^3$
*** Yale: dà-shř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshyy
*** Palladius: даши (daši)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дашы (dašɨ, III-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ta⁴⁴ ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ si$^3$ / daai$^6$ si$^5$
*** Yale: daaih si / daaih síh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ si$^3$ / daai$^6$ si$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ xi$^3$ / dai$^6$ xi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² siː³³/, /taːi̯²² siː¹³/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$大使 大肆
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ai$^5$ lhu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ai³² ɬu⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-sṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai sii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ si$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ sɨ³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-sài
*** Tâi-lô: tāi-sài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daixsaix
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ sai²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ sai²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /tai⁴¹⁻²² sai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ sai¹¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dai$^6$ sai$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi sài
*** Sinological IPA : /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ sai²¹³/

#### Noun

大使
* ambassador (minister, messenger or corporate representative)
    中國駐美大使／中国驻美大使 ― Zhōngguó zhù Měi dàshǐ ― the Chinese Ambassador to the United States

##### Derived terms

* 大使館 / 大使馆 (dàshǐguǎn)
* 形象大使 (xíngxiàng dàshǐ)

##### Related terms

* 大使館／大使馆 (dàshǐguǎn)
* 領事館／领事馆 (lǐngshìguǎn)
* 領事／领事 (lǐngshì)
* 總領事／总领事 (zǒnglǐngshì)
* 總領事館／总领事馆 (zǒnglǐngshìguǎn)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai$^6$ sai$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai$^5$ soi$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-sṳ́
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ sai$^2$
*** Yale: daaih sái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ sai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ sei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² sɐi̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ai$^5$ soi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ai³² sᵘɔi⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-sṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai sii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ si$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ sɨ³¹/

#### Adjective

大使
* (Cantonese) lavish; extravagant; profuse; wasteful

#### Verb

大使
* (Cantonese, Hakka) to spend money lavishly; to spend uncontrollably

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 使 |
| たい Grade: 1 | し Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たいし [táꜜìshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ta̠iɕi]

### Noun

大(たい)使(し) • (taishi)
* ambassador

#### Derived terms

* 大(たい)使(し)館(かん) (taishikan)

### See also

* 領(りょう)事(じ) (ryōji)

### References

* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 大 | 使 |

### Noun

大使 • (daesa or McCune-Reischauer: taesa or Yale: tāysa) (hangeul 대사)
* hanja form of 대사 (“ambassador”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 大 | 使 |

### Noun

大使
* chữ Hán form of đại sứ (“ambassador”).