大宇宙

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàyǔzhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàyǔzhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàyǔjhòu
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yü³-chou⁴
  - Yale: dà-yǔ-jòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyeujow
  - Palladius: даюйчжоу (dajujčžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

大宇宙

(philosophy) macrocosm
Antonym: 小宇宙 (xiǎoyǔzhòu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大宇宙):

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→ Korean: 대우주(大宇宙) (dae'uju)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	宇	宙
だい Grade: 1	う Grade: 6	ちゅう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

A calque of German Makrokosmos, equivalent to 大(だい) (dai) + 宇(う)宙(ちゅう) (uchū).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [da̠iɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

大(だい)宇(う)宙(ちゅう) • (daiuchū)

(philosophy) macrocosm[2]

Antonyms

小(しょう)宇(う)宙(ちゅう) (shōuchū): microcosm

References

1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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