大字

Chinese
 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
letter; symbol; character
letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad.
(大字)		 大 字

Pronunciation

Noun

大字

  1. big Chinese character; large character
  2. (colloquial) Chinese characters in general; writing
    大字不識幾個／大字不识几个  ―  dàzì bùshí jǐge  ―  able to recognize only a handful of Chinese characters; illiterate
  3. (Hokkien) passport
  4. (Singapore Hokkien, dated) birth certificate
  5. (Philippine Hokkien, dated) landing certificate of residence

Usage notes

Usage in the Philippines refers specifically to the old Landing Certificate of Residence document that Chinese migrants were required to have during the American Colonial Era and Commonwealth Period in the Philippines as required by the Chinese Exclusion Act of the United States applied to the Philippine Islands from 1902-1943 as part of the United States. Chinese Filipino families tracing back to this era use this term to refer to this heirloom document.

Synonyms
  • (passport):
Dialectal synonyms of 護照 (“passport”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 護照
Mandarin Taiwan 護照
Singapore 護照
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 護照, паспорт
Dagudi (Maliba) 護照
Reshuitang (Longling) 護照
Mae Salong (Lancang) 護照
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 護照
Cantonese Guangzhou 護照
Hong Kong 護照, passport
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 護照
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 護照
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 護照
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 護照
Móng Cái 護照
Hakka Yudu 護照
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 護照
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 護照
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 護照
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 護照
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 護照
Southern Min Xiamen 大字
Quanzhou 大字
Jinjiang 大字
Zhangzhou 大字
Tainan 護照
Penang (Hokkien) pasport
Singapore (Hokkien) passport
Manila (Hokkien) 護照
Chaozhou 護照
Shantou 護照
Jieyang 護照, 字
Pontianak (Teochew) 護照
Wenchang 護照
Wu Shanghai 護照
  • (birth certificate):
Dialectal synonyms of 出生證 (“birth certificate”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 出生證, 出生證明, 出生證明書, 出生證書
Mandarin Taiwan 出生證, 出生證明, 出生證明書, 出生證書
Malaysia 報生紙
Singapore 報生紙
Cantonese Guangzhou 出世紙
Hong Kong 出世紙
Macau 出世紙
Taishan 出世紙
Singapore (Guangfu) 報生紙
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 出世紙
Southern Min Penang (Hokkien) 生囝字
Singapore (Hokkien) 生字仔, 報生紙, 大字 dated, 生囝字 dated
Manila (Hokkien) 出生紙
Jieyang 出生字, 出生紙
Singapore (Teochew) 生囝字
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 出生證

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
大 字
おお
Grade: 1		 あざ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 大字 – see the following entry.
【おおあざ】
[noun] ōaza, a larger section of a 村(むら) (mura, “village”), usually used in addresses of rural locations
(This term, 大字, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
大 字
だい
Grade: 1		 じ
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

大(だい)字(じ) • (daiji) 

  1. a large character
  2. formal way of writing numbers (e.g., writing 参 instead of 三 for three)

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