大宗

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family
trad. (大宗)		大	宗
simp. #(大宗)		大	宗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-chong / tōa-chong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàzong
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tsung¹
    • Yale: dà-dzūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtzong
    • Palladius: дацзун (daczun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ zung¹
    • Yale: daaih jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-chong
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-tsong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixzofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chong
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tsong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxzofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

大宗

1. (literary) lineage of the main family; influential family of long standing
2. main items; staple products or goods

Derived terms

• 大本大宗

 

Adjective

大宗

1. (attributive) large; bulk; bulky; volume

Related terms

• 大量 (dàliàng)