# 大學
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* 大學 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 大學 (Cantonese)
* 大學 (Classical)
* 大學 (Gan)
* thai-ho̍k (Hakka)
* dâi-hŏk (Eastern Min)
* tāi-ha̍k (Southern Min)
* 大學 (Wu)
* The Great Learning (English)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dàxué
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): da$^4$ xuo$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дащүә (daxüə, III-I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai$^6$ hok$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai$^5$ hok$^5$ / ai$^5$ hok$^{5*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'tai$^5$ hoh$^7$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thai-ho̍k
    (Hailu, HRS): tai$^˖$ hog$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tai$^4$ hog$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dâi-hŏk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dai$^5$ hah$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-o̍h / tāi-ha̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dai$^6$ hag$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$da-ghoq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): da$^4$ xio$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàxué
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàsyué
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-hsüeh$^2$
*** Yale: dà-sywé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshyue
*** Palladius: дасюэ (dasjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: da$^4$ xuo$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: daxiuo
*** Sinological IPA : /ta²¹³ ɕyo²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дащүә (daxüə, III-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ta⁴⁴ ɕyə²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ hok$^6$
*** Yale: daaih hohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ hok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ hog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² hɔːk̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ai$^5$ hok$^5$ / ai$^5$ hok$^{5*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ai³² hɔk̚³²/, /ai³² hɔk̚³²⁻³²⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'tai$^5$ hoh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈtʰai¹¹ hɔʔ²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-ho̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai hog
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ hog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ hok̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai$^˖$ hog$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai³³ hok²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tai$^4$ hog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³ hɔk̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dâi-hŏk
*** Sinological IPA : /tai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(h-)}$ouʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dai$^5$ hah$^7$ [Phonetic: dai$^5$ ah$^7$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dāi-ha̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /tai²¹ $^{(h-)}$aʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dai$^5$ hah$^7$ [Phonetic: dai$^5$ ah$^7$]
*** Sinological IPA : /tai²¹ $^{(h-)}$aʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Philippines, Penang, Singapore, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-o̍h
*** Tâi-lô: tuā-o̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doaxoih
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ ɤʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /tua⁴¹⁻²² oʔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Penang): /tua²¹ oʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ oʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ oʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /tua²²⁻²¹ oʔ⁴³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ oʔ¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ha̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tāi-ha̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daixhak
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² hak̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ hak̚⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ hak̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ hak̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ hak̚⁴/
* Mainland China:
** tōa-o̍h - university;
** tāi-ha̍k - Great Learning.
* Middle Chinese: daH haewk
Rime :
| Character | 大 | 學 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) | 覺 (10) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | II |
| Fanqie | 唐佐切 | 胡覺切 |
| Baxter | daH | haewk |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɦˠʌk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɦᵚɔk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɣɔk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /da$^H$/ | /ɦaɨwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɣɔk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑ$^H$/ | /ɣɔk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱɑ$^H$/ | /ɣɔk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | duò | xué |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | do$^6$ | hok$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s m-kˤruk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*daːds ɡruːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 大 | 大 | 學 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dà | dà | xué |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ da$^H$ › | ‹ daj$^H$ › | ‹ hæwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*lˁat-s/ (MC F!) | /*lˁa[t]-s/ | /*m-kˁruk/ |
| English | big | big | study; imitate |
| 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 | 學 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 1934 | 1939 | 14079 |
| Phonetic component | 大 | 大 | 學 |
| Rime group | 祭 | 祭 | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 䭾 | 大 | 學 |
| Old Chinese | /*daːds/ | /*daːds/ | /*ɡruːɡ/ |
| Notes | | | 甲文象習持爻於膝前， 金文方加子 |

#### Noun

大學
* university; college (Classifier: 所 m; 間／间 c)
    大學排名／大学排名 ― dàxué páimíng ― university ranking
    第一志願大學／第一志愿大学 ― dìyī zhìyuàn dàxué ― first-preference university
    大學招生辦公室／大学招生办公室 ― dàxué zhāoshēng bàngōngshì ― university admissions office
       Yīngguó Lúndūn Dàxué dìzhìxué bóshì [Pinyin]
       Ph.D. Geology, University of London
       Běijīng Dàxué Rénwén Xuébù [Pinyin]
       Division of Humanities, Peking University
       Zhè suǒ dàxué yǒu duōshao nián le? [Pinyin]
       How old is this university?
       Tā qùnián jià gěi le dàxué tóngxué. [Pinyin]
       She married her university classmate last year.
       Zhīshí bù yīdìng wánquán láizì yú xuéxiào de jiàoyù, shèhuì yě shì ge dàxué ma. [Pinyin]
       Knowledge does not come from schooling alone. Society is a kind of university.

##### Synonyms

* (historical) 大學堂／大学堂 (dàxuétáng)

##### Derived terms

* 刊授大學 / 刊授大学
* 夜大學 / 夜大学
* 大學城 / 大学城 (dàxuéchéng)
* 大學生 / 大学生 (dàxuéshēng)
* 師範大學 / 师范大学 (shīfàn dàxué)
* 綜合大學 / 综合大学
* 虛假大學 / 虚假大学 (xūjiǎ dàxué)
* 野雞大學 / 野鸡大学 (yějī dàxué)
* 電視大學 / 电视大学 (diànshì dàxué)

##### Related terms

* 大學院／大学院 (dàxuéyuàn)

##### Descendants

* → Japanese: 大(だい)学(がく) (daigaku)
* → Korean: 대학(大學) (daehak)
* → Vietnamese: đại học (大學)
Others:
* → Bouyei: daqxiof
* → Guiqiong: tɐɕyə
* → Uyghur: داشۆ (dashö)
* → Manchu: ᠠᠮᠪᠠ ᡨᠠᠴᡳᡴᡡ (amba tacikū)
* → Xibe: ᠠᠮᠪᠠ ᡨᠠᠴᡞᡣᡡ (amba tacikū)
* → Zhuang: daihhag, dayoz

#### Proper noun

大學
* the Great Learning (one of the Four Books (四書／四书 (Sìshū)) of Confucianism)

#### Coordinate terms

* 大學／大学 (Dàxué, “Great Learning”)
* 中庸 (Zhōngyōng, “Doctrine of the Mean”)
* 論語／论语 (Lúnyǔ, “Analects”)
* 孟子 (Mèngzǐ, “Mencius”)
* 詩經／诗经 (Shījīng, “Classic of Poetry”)
* 書經／书经 (Shūjīng, “Book of Documents”)
* 禮記／礼记 (Lǐjì, “Book of Rites”)
* 易經／易经 (Yìjīng, “I Ching”)
* 春秋 (Chūnqiū, “Spring and Autumn Annals”)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 大學 – see 太學 (“taixue”). (This term is a variant form of 太學).

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 學 |
| だい Grade: 1 | がく Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

大(だい)學(がく) • (daigaku)
* Kyūjitai form of 大学: university, college

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 大 | 學 |

### Noun

大學 • (daehak) (hangeul 대학)
* hanja form of 대학 (“university, college”)

### Proper noun

大學 • (Daehak) (hangeul 대학)
* hanja form of 대학 (“Great Learning (one of the Four Books of Confucianism)”)

#### Coordinate terms

* 대학 (大學, Daehak, “Great Learning”)
* 중용 (中庸, Jung'yong, “Doctrine of the Mean”)
* 논어 (論語, Noneo, “Analects”)
* 맹자 (孟子, Maengja, “Mencius”)
* 시경 (詩經, Sigyeong, “Classic of Poetry”)
* 서경 (書經, Seogyeong, “Book of Documents”)
* 예기 (禮記, Yegi, “Book of Rites”)
* 역경 (易經, Yeokgyeong, “I Ching”)
* 춘추 (春秋, Chunchu, “Spring and Autumn Annals”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 大 | 學 |

### Noun

大學
* chữ Hán form of đại học (“university, college”).

### Proper noun

大學
* chữ Hán form of Đại Học (“Great Learning (one of the Four Books of Confucianism)”).

#### Coordinate terms

* Đại Học (大學, “Great Learning”)
* Trung Dung (中庸, “Doctrine of the Mean”)
* Luận Ngữ (論語, “Analects”)
* Mạnh Tử (孟子, “Mencius”)
* Kinh Thi (經詩, “Classic of Poetry”)
* Kinh Thư (經書, “Book of Documents”)
* Kinh Lễ (經禮, “Book of Rites”)
* Kinh Dịch (經易, “I Ching”)
* Kinh Xuân Thu (經春秋, “Spring and Autumn Annals”)