# 大理石
## Chinese

* 大理石 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Marble (English)

### Etymology

Named after 大理 (Dàlǐ, “Dali”), a city in Yunnan known for producing marble.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàlǐshí
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄕˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ lei$^5$ sek$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thai-lî-sa̍k
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tai$^4$ li$^1$ sag$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-lí-chio̍h / tāi-lí-chio̍h
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dua$^7$ li$^2$ ziêh$^8$ / dua$^7$ li$^2$ zioh$^8$ / dai$^6$ li$^2$ zioh$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàlǐshí
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄕˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàlǐshíh
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-li$^3$-shih$^2$
*** Yale: dà-lǐ-shŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahliishyr
*** Palladius: далиши (dališi)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ lei$^5$ sek$^6$
*** Yale: daaih léih sehk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ lei$^5$ sek$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ léi$^5$ ség$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² lei̯¹³ sɛːk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-lî-sa̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai li$^ˊ$ sag
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ li$^1$ sag$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ li²⁴⁻¹¹ sak̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tai$^4$ li$^1$ sag$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³ li⁴⁴ sak̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-lí-chio̍h
*** Tâi-lô: tuā-lí-tsio̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doaxlycioih
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sioʔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sioʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sioʔ⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-lí-chio̍h
*** Tâi-lô: tāi-lí-tsio̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daixlycioih
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sioʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɤʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sioʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sioʔ⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dua$^7$ li$^2$ ziêh$^8$ / dua$^7$ li$^2$ zioh$^8$ / dai$^6$ li$^2$ zioh$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā lí tsie̍h / tuā lí tsio̍h / tăi lí tsio̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /tua¹¹ li⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sieʔ⁴/, /tua¹¹ li⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sioʔ⁴/, /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sioʔ⁴/

### Noun

大理石
* (geology) marble

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 大理岩, 大理石 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 大理石 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 雲石 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 雲石 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 雲石 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 雲石 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 雲石 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 大理石 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 大理石, 雲石 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 雲石 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 大理石 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 大理石 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 大理石 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 大理石 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 大理石 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 大理石 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 石石, 大理石 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 石石, 大理石 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 石石 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 石石, 大理石 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 大理石 GT |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 雲石 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 石石 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 大理石, 雲石 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 雲石 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 大理石, 雲石 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 理 | 石 |
| だい Grade: 1 | り Grade: 2 | せき Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi |||

### Noun

大(だい)理(り)石(せき) • (dairiseki)
* marble (stone)