大器

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	device; tool; utensil
trad. (大器)		大	器
simp. ^#(大器)		大	器

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàqì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàcì
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: dà-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahchih
  - Palladius: даци (daci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    大器
    大氣／大气
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ hei³
  - Yale: daaih hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² hei̯³³/
  - Homophones:
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    大氣／大气
    大器
    大戲／大戏

Noun

大器

(archaic) treasure (especially jade tablets, stone ornaments, bells, cauldrons, etc.)
(archaic, philosophy) laws of nature; laws of heaven
(figuratively) person of great talent

Synonyms

(laws of nature): 天道 (tiāndào)
(person of great talent):

大材 (dàcái) (literary)
絕才／绝才 (juécái) (literary)
茂士 (màoshì) (literary)
英才 (yīngcái)
豪傑／豪杰 (háojié) (literary)
賢材／贤材 (xiáncái) (literary)
高能 (gāonéng) (literary)
鸞鳳／鸾凤 (luánfèng) (archaic)
麒麟 (qílín) (literary)
龍虎／龙虎 (lónghǔ) (figurative)

Derived terms

大器小用 (dàqì-xiǎoyòng)
大器晚成 (dàqìwǎnchéng)
放大器 (fàngdàqì)

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