# 大抵
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàdǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ dai$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-tí
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàdǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàdǐ
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-ti$^3$
*** Yale: dà-dǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdii
*** Palladius: дади (dadi)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ dai$^2$
*** Yale: daaih dái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ dai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ dei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² tɐi̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-tí
*** Tâi-lô: tāi-tí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daixdie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ ti⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² ti⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ ti⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ ti⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ ti⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: dajH|daH tejX
Rime :
| Character | 大 | 大 | 抵 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 定 (7) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 泰 (25) | 歌 (94) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I | IV |
| Fanqie | 徒蓋切 | 唐佐切 | 都禮切 |
| Baxter | dajH | daH | tejX |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /tei$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /tei$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /tɛi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daj$^H$/ | /da$^H$/ | /tɛj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /tei$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /tiei$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱɑi$^H$/ | /dʱɑ$^H$/ | /tiei$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dài | duò | dǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | daai$^6$ | do$^6$ | dai$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s tˤijʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*daːds tiːlʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 大 | 大 | 抵 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dà | dà | dǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ da$^H$ › | ‹ daj$^H$ › | ‹ tej$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*lˁat-s/ (MC F!) | /*lˁa[t]-s/ | /*tˁijʔ/ |
| English | big | big | push away |
| 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 | 抵 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 1934 | 1939 | 2247 |
| Phonetic component | 大 | 大 | 氐 |
| Rime group | 祭 | 祭 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 䭾 | 大 | 邸 |
| Old Chinese | /*daːds/ | /*daːds/ | /*tiːlʔ/ |

### Adverb

大抵
* for the most part; on the whole
    From: Sima Qian, Letter to Ren An. 1st century BCE. Based on the translation by Burton Watson.
    “Shī” sānbǎi piān, dàdǐ xiánshèng fāfèn zhī suǒ wéizuò yě. [Pinyin]
    The three hundred poems of the Book of Odes, for the most part, were written when the sages poured out their anger and dissatisfaction.
* basically; generally
* more or less; roughly; approximately

#### Synonyms

* (for the most part):
* 大多 (dàduō)
* 大都
* (basically):
* 全盤看來／全盘看来 (quánpán kànlái)
* 基本 (jīběn)
* 基本上 (jīběnshàng)
* 大致上 (dàzhìshang)
* 大都
* 大體／大体 (dàtǐ)
* 大體上／大体上 (dàtǐshang)
* 大體而言／大体而言 (dàtǐ ér yán)
* 總的來說／总的来说 (zǒngdeláishuō)
* 總算／总算 (zǒngsuàn)
* (more or less):
* 上下 (shàngxià)
* 光景 (guāngjǐng)
* 前後／前后 (qiánhòu) (of a point in or period of time)
* 參差／参差 (cēncī) (literary)
* 大概 (dàgài)
* 大率 (dàshuài) (literary)
* 大約／大约 (dàyuē)
* 大約摸／大约摸 (dàyuēmō) (colloquial)
* 大致 (dàzhì)
* 左右 (zuǒyòu)
* 模樣／模样
* 無慮／无虑 (wúlǜ) (literary)
* 約摸／约摸 (yuēmo)
* 約略／约略 (yuēlüè)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 大抵(たいてい) (taitei)
* → Korean: 대저(大抵) (daejeo)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 抵 |
| たい Grade: 1 | てい Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 大抵 – see the following entry. :
| 【たいてい】 | [adverb] generally, mostly, for the most part; usually, normally, as a rule, more often than not, most of the time, much (a great deal) of the time; more or less; nearly all, almost all; almost, nearly; probably Alternative spelling 大底 |
(This term, 大抵, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Usage notes

The term is mainly written in hiragana (たいてい) and the kanji spelling is rarely encountered.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 大 | 抵 |

### Noun

大抵 • (daejeo) (hangeul 대저)
* hanja form of 대저 (“generally”)