大理
Chinese
| big great greater |
order orderer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (大理) |
大 | 理 | |
| anagram | 理大 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): daai6 lei5
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Dàlǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dàlǐ
- Wade–Giles: Ta4-li3
- Yale: Dà-lǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahlii
- Palladius: Дали (Dali)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dàlǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàlǐ
- Wade–Giles: ta4-li3
- Yale: dà-lǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahlii
- Palladius: дали (dali)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 lei5
- Yale: daaih léih
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 lei5
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 léi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² lei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-lí
- Tâi-lô: Tāi-lí
- Phofsit Daibuun: daixlie
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dai6 li2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi lí
- Sinological IPA (key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵²/
- (Hokkien)
Proper noun
大理
- (～白族自治州, ～州) Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (an autonomous prefecture of Yunnan, China)
- (～市) Dali (a county-level city of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China)
- (～鎮, ～古城) Dali (a town in Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China, also known as Dali Old Town)
- (～國) (historical) Dali Kingdom (a medieval state controlled from the old town)
- (～府) (historical) Dali Prefecture (a prefecture controlled by the old town under imperial China)
Synonyms
- (old town as capital of an independent kingdom): 首府 (shǒufǔ)
- (kingdom): 大中國／大中国 (under Gao Shengtai); 後大理／后大理, 後理國／后理国 (after 1096)
Derived terms
Noun
大理
- (historical) synonym of 廷尉 (tíngwèi), Minister of Justice (144–137 BC, 1 BC – AD 25, & Tang)