大部

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
simp. and trad. (大部)		大	部

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàbù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ bou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàbù
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pu⁴
  - Yale: dà-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbuh
  - Palladius: дабу (dabu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    大埔
    大步
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ bou⁶
  - Yale: daaih bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² pou̯²²/

Noun

大部

the majority; most; the greater part; the bulk
Synonym: 大部分 (dàbùfèn)
- 打得好，可能全部或大部或一部消滅他；打不好，也給他一個大的殺傷。 [MSC, trad.]
  打得好，可能全部或大部或一部消灭他；打不好，也给他一个大的杀伤。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Dǎ de hǎo, kěnéng quánbù huò dàbù huò yībù xiāomiè tā; dǎ bu hǎo, yě gěi tā yīge dà de shāshāng. [Pinyin]
  If we fight well, we may destroy the entire enemy force or the greater part or some part of it, and even if we do not fight so well, we may still inflict heavy casualties.
large book; monumental work; weighty tome
Synonym: 大部頭／大部头 (dàbùtóu)

Adjective

大部

(of works) large; huge; voluminous
Synonym: 大部頭／大部头 (dàbùtóu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	部
だい Grade: 1	ぶ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だいぶ [dáꜜìbù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [da̠ibɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

大(だい)部(ぶ) • (daibu) ^{←だいぶ (daibu)^?}

(of a book) lengthy
大部(だいぶ)の書物(しょもつ)
daibu no shomotsu
large book

Coordinate terms

小部(しょうぶ) (shōbu)

References

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

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