大王
Chinese
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
king; Wang (proper name) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (大王) |
大 | 王 | |
Pronunciation 1
Noun
大王
- (figuratively) king (of)
Pronunciation 2
Noun
大王
- (historical) monarch
- (historical, novel) ringleader
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 大 | 王 |
| だい Grade: 1 |
おう Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
大王 (hiragana だいおう, rōmaji daiō, historical hiragana だいわう)
- (monarchy) a "great king" (used in titles of some monarchs, and also as a translation of English "the Great")
- 2001 March 10 [Dec 16 1998], Katou, Motohiro, “ミネルヴァの梟 [Owl of Minerva]”, in Q.E.D. 証明終了 [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 1 (fiction, in Japanese), 9th edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 102:
- クラブのKはマケドニアのアレクサンダー大王
- Kurabu no kingu wa Makedonia no Arekusandā Daiō
- The king of clubs is Alexander the Great of Macedonia
- クラブのKはマケドニアのアレクサンダー大王
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References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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