大地震

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	earthquake; shifting or shuffling of posts
trad. (大地震)		大	地震
simp. ^#(大地震)		大	地震

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàdìzhèn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dei⁶ zan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàdìzhèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàdìjhèn
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ti⁴-chên⁴
  - Yale: dà-dì-jèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdihjenn
  - Palladius: дадичжэнь (dadičžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ dei⁶ zan³
  - Yale: daaih deih jan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dei⁶ dzan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ déi⁶ zen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tei̯²² t͡sɐn³³/

Noun

大地震

large earthquake (typically with a magnitude 7 or greater)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	地	震
おお Grade: 1	じ Grade: 2	しん Grade: S
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Compound of 大 (ō, “great”) +‎ 地震 (jishin, “earthquake”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おおじしん [òójíꜜshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ːʑiɕĩɴ]

Noun

大(おお)地(じ)震(しん) • (ōjishin) ^{←おほぢしん (ofodisin)^?}

a large earthquake; typically has a magnitude 7 or greater
2010年(にせんじゅうねん)チリ大地震(おおじしん)
nisen-jū-nen Chiri ōjishin
2010 Chile earthquake

Usage notes

Both readings 大地震(おおじしん) (ōjishin) and 大地震(だいじしん) (daijishin) are common. The NHK insists on reading it as 大地震(おおじしん) (ōjishin).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	地	震
だい Grade: 1	じ Grade: 2	しん Grade: S
on’yomi

Compound of 大 (dai, “great”) +‎ 地震 (jishin, “earthquake”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だいじしん [dàíjíꜜshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [da̠iʑiɕĩɴ]

Noun

大(だい)地(じ)震(しん) • (daijishin) ^{←だいぢしん (daidisin)^?}

a large earthquake; typically has a magnitude 7 or greater

Usage notes

Both readings 大地震(おおじしん) (ōjishin) and 大地震(だいじしん) (daijishin) are common. The NHK insists on reading it as 大地震(おおじしん) (ōjishin).

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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