大梁

Chinese

Etymology 1

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	beam of roof; bridge
trad. (大梁)		大	梁
simp. #(大梁)		大	梁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ loeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàliáng
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-liang²
    • Yale: Dà-lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahliang
    • Palladius: Далян (Daljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ loeng⁴
    • Yale: daaih lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lœːŋ²¹/

Proper noun

大梁

1. (historical) Daliang (present day Kaifeng)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 大梁 – see 大樑 (“main beam of a house; mainstay”). (This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 大樑).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.