大連

See also: 大连

Chinese
 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
even; as; to join
even; as; to join; to link; successively
trad. (大連) 大 連
simp. (大连) 大 连

Etymology

Ultimately from the name of the original Russian settlement, Russian Да́льний (Dálʹnij, literally “distant”). Folk etymology suggests a derivation from 褡褳／褡裢 (dālian, “type of rectangle-shaped pocket with a pouch in the middle and two bags at the ends”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大連

  1. (～市) Dalian (a subprovincial city in Liaoning, China)

Descendants
  • → English: Dalian, Talien, Ta-lien

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
大 連
だい
Grade: 1		 れん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) だ​いれん [dáꜜìrèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
    • IPA(key): [da̠iɾẽ̞ɴ]

    Proper noun

    大(だい)連(れん) • (Dairen) 

    1. Dalian (a major subprovincial city in Liaoning, in northeastern China)

    Descendants

    References
    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

    Korean
    Hanja in this term
    大連

    Proper noun

    大連 • (Daeryeon) (hangeul 대련)

    1. Hanja form? of 대련 (“Dalian (a major subprovincial city in Liaoning, in northeastern China)”).

    Vietnamese
    chữ Hán Nôm in this term
    大連

    Proper noun

    大連

    1. chữ Hán form of Đại Liên (“Dalian (a major subprovincial city in Liaoning, in northeastern China)”).
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