四大

Chinese

		four	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (四大)		四	大
anagram		大四

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìdà

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄉㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ daai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìdà
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄉㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhdà
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-ta⁴
  - Yale: sz̀-dà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhdah
  - Palladius: сыда (syda)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei³ daai⁶
  - Yale: sei daaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ daai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi³ dai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ taːi̯²²/

Noun

四大

(Taoism) "Four Greats" (Tao, heaven, earth and man)
(Buddhism) "Four Great Elements" (earth, water, fire and air)
(business, accounting) The four largest global auditing firms, comprising Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
(historical, Cultural Revolution) Short for 大鳴、大放、大字報、大辯論／大鸣、大放、大字报、大辩论 (“free airing of views, big-character poster and great debate”).

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