大陸

See also: 大陆

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	shore; land; continent shore; land; continent; six (fraud-proof)
trad. (大陸)		大	陸
simp. (大陆)		大	陆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàlù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai⁶ luk⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ai⁵ luuk⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thai-liu̍k

(Hailu, HRS): tai^ˇ liug^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): dâi-lṳ̆k
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dai⁵ loeh⁷ / dai⁵ lyoeh⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tāi-lio̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ lêg⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶da-loq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàlù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàlù
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-lu⁴
  - Yale: dà-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahluh
  - Palladius: далу (dalu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    大路
    大陸 / 大陆
    大鹿
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ luk⁶
  - Yale: daaih luhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ luk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lʊk̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ai⁵ luuk⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³² lɵk̚³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-liu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai liug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ liug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ li̯uk̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai^ˇ liug^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai¹¹ liuk²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dâi-lṳ̆k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ l̃yʔ⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dai⁵ loeh⁷
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dāi-le̤̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai¹¹ lœʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dai⁵ lyoeh⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai²¹ lyøʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-lio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-lio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixliok
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ liɔk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /tai⁴¹⁻²² liɔk̚²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /tai²²⁻²¹ liɔk̚⁴³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ liɔk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ liɔk̚¹²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ liɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dai⁶ lêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi le̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ lek̚⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶da-loq
  - MiniDict: da^去 loh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-loq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² loʔ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: dajH ljuwk

Rime
Character	大	陸
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒蓋切	力竹切
Baxter	dajH	ljuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑi^H/	/lɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑi^H/	/liuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑi^H/	/liuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daj^H/	/luwk̚/
Li Rong	/dɑi^H/	/liuk̚/
Wang Li	/dɑi^H/	/lĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑi^H/	/li̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai⁶	luk⁶

Noun

大陸

continent; landmass
歐亞大陸／欧亚大陆 ― Ōu Yà dàlù ― Eurasia
mainland

Synonyms

(landmass): 大片陸地／大片陆地 (dàpiàn lùdì), 陸地／陆地 (lùdì)

Derived terms

中國大陸 / 中国大陆 (Zhōngguó dàlù)
大陸坡 / 大陆坡
大陸島 / 大陆岛
大陸性 / 大陆性
大陸架 / 大陆架 (dàlùjià)
大陸棚 / 大陆棚 (dàlùpéng)
大陸橋 / 大陆桥
大陸法 / 大陆法 (dàlùfǎ)
大陸法系 / 大陆法系 (dàlùfǎxì)
大陸漂移 / 大陆漂移 (dàlù piāoyí)
次大陸 / 次大陆 (cìdàlù)
歐亞大陸 / 欧亚大陆
歐洲大陸 / 欧洲大陆 (Ōuzhōudàlù)
盤古大陸 / 盘古大陆 (Pángǔ Dàlù)

Proper noun

大陸

mainland China
- 發生了大地震，大陸及港、澳、台三地藝人為了救災共襄盛舉，舉辦了多場演唱會。 [MSC, trad.]
  发生了大地震，大陆及港、澳、台三地艺人为了救灾共襄盛举，举办了多场演唱会。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: "499. 共襄盛舉." 500 Common Chinese Idioms: An annotated Frequency Dictionary. Liwei Jiao, Cornelius C. Kubler, and Weiguo Zhang. 2011.
  Fāshēng le dà dìzhèn, Dàlù jí Gǎng, Ào, Tái sān dì yìrén wèile jiùzāi gòngxiāngshèngjǔ, jǔbàn le duō chǎng yǎnchànghuì. [Pinyin]
  After the major earthquake, artists from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan all worked together to perform several concerts to collect funds for disaster relief.
- 而現在
   鄉愁是一灣淺淺的海峽
   我在這頭
  大陸在那頭 [MSC, trad.]
  而现在
   乡愁是一湾浅浅的海峡
   我在这头
  大陆在那头 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1972, 余光中 (Yu Kwang-chung), 鄉愁
  ér xiànzài
  Xiāngchóu shì yī wān qiǎn qiǎn de hǎixiá
  Wǒ zài zhè tóu
  Dàlù zài nà tóu [Pinyin]
  And now
  Homesick is a shallow strait
  I am here
  And Mainland is there

Usage notes

In Hong Kong and Macau Cantonese, when describing the action of "going to mainland China", the verb 返 (faan¹, “to return (to)”) is usually used instead of 去 (heoi³, “to go (to)”) even if the speaker was born in Hong Kong or Macau. However, this usage is proscribed by some Hong Kong independence activists.

People living in Hainan may exclude Hainan from this term; however, for people living elsewhere, the concept of 'mainland China' includes Hainan.

Synonyms

內地／内地 (nèidì)
中國大陸／中国大陆 (Zhōngguó dàlù)
中國內地／中国内地 (Zhōngguó nèidì)
(Taiwan) 唐山 (Tángshān)
(Taiwanese Hakka) 長山／长山

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大陸):

→ Japanese: 大陸(たいりく) (tairiku)
→ Korean: 대륙(大陸) (daeryuk)
→ Vietnamese: đại lục (大陸)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	陸
たい Grade: 1	りく Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいりく [tàíríkú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠iɾʲikɯ̟]

Noun

大(たい)陸(りく) • (tairiku)

(geology) a continent
アフリカ大陸(たいりく)
afurika-tairiku
the continent of Africa
(especially) China

Derived terms

亜(あ)大陸(たいりく) (atairiku, “subcontinent”)

Derived terms

大陸棚(たいりくだな) (tairiku dana): continental shelf
大陸斜面(たいりくしゃめん) (tairiku shamen): continental slope
大陸移動(たいりくいどう) (tairiku idō): continental drift
大陸国家(たいりくこっか) (tairiku kokka): continental state
タイリクオオカミ (tairiku ōkami): grey wolf
大陸横断鉄道(たいりくおうだんてつどう) (tairiku ōdan tetsudō): transcontinental railroad

References

^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“大陸”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	陸

Noun

大陸 • (daeryuk) (hangeul 대륙)

hanja form^? of 대륙 (“continent”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	陸

Noun

大陸

chữ Hán form of đại lục (“continent”)

[NHK-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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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