大怒

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	indignant
trad. (大怒)		大	怒
simp. ^#(大怒)		大	怒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dànù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ nou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dànù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dànù
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-nu⁴
  - Yale: dà-nù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahnuh
  - Palladius: дану (danu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ nou⁶
  - Yale: daaih nouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ nou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ nou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² nou̯²²/

Middle Chinese: dajH|daH nuX|nuH

Rime
Character	大	大	怒	怒
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	泥 (8)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	模 (23)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	奴古切	乃故切
Baxter	dajH	daH	nuX	nuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/nuo^X/	/nuo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/nuo^X/	/nuo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/no^X/	/no^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daj^H/	/da^H/	/nɔ^X/	/nɔ^H/
Li Rong	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/no^X/	/no^H/
Wang Li	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/nu^X/	/nu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑi^H/	/dʱɑ^H/	/nuo^X/	/nuo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	nǔ	nù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai⁶	do⁶	nou⁵	nou⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s C.nˤaʔ|C.nˤaʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*daːds naːʔ|naːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	大	怒	怒
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	dà	nù	nù
Middle Chinese	‹ da^H ›	‹ daj^H ›	‹ nu^X ›	‹ nu^H ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*C.nˁaʔ/	/*C.nˁaʔ-s/
English	big	big	angry	anger, angry; vigorous
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	大	大	怒	怒
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
No.	1934	1939	9608	9610
Phonetic component	大	大	女	女
Rime group	祭	祭	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	1	1	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	大	怒	笯
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*naːʔ/	/*naːs/

Verb

大怒

to burst into anger; to be indignant
- 項羽大怒，曰：「旦日饗士卒，為擊破沛公軍！」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  项羽大怒，曰：「旦日飨士卒，为击破沛公军！」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Records of the Grand Historian, Volume 7 (7th Annals): Annals of Xiang Yu by Sima Qian, 206 BCE – 9 CE
  Xiàng Yǔ dànù, yuē: “Dànrì xiǎng shìzú, wèi jīpò Pèi gōng jūn!” [Pinyin]
  Xiang Yu broke out in a rage, and said: "Tomorrow, prepare drink and food and reward my soldiers with them well. Defeat the Duke of Pei's army for me!"

Synonyms

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上火 (shànghuǒ) (dialectal Mandarin)
使性地 (sái-sìng-tē) (Hokkien)
使性子 (shǐ xìngzi)
使氣／使气 (shǐqì)
使癖 (Hokkien)
使頸／使颈 (sai² geng²) (Cantonese)
冒煙／冒烟 (màoyān) (colloquial)
動怒／动怒 (dòngnù)
受氣／受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien)
嗔怒 (chēnnù)
奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
威怒 (wēinù) (literary)
尥蹶子 (liàojuězi)
𡳞火 (Hokkien, vulgar)
弄性子 (nòng xìngzi) (colloquial)
忿懥 (fènzhì) (literary)
怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
急 (jí)
急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
惱怒／恼怒 (nǎonù)
惹氣／惹气 (rěqì)
惱火／恼火 (nǎohuǒ)
戳火 (cuah⁴ hue²) (Jin)
掛氣／挂气 (guàqì) (dialectal)
暴怒 (bàonù) (to explode in anger)
有氣／有气 (yǒuqì)
氣／气
氣惱／气恼 (qìnǎo)
火大 (huǒdà)
火癀 (Hokkien)
燒色／烧色 (chiáu-să̤) (Northern Min)
爆氣／爆气
犯脾氣／犯脾气 (fàn píqi) (colloquial)
狂怒 (kuángnù) (to explode in anger)
生氣／生气 (shēngqì)
癀發／癀发 (Hokkien)
發呴／发呴 (⁷faq ¹heu) (Wu)
發性地／发性地 (Hokkien)
發火／发火 (fāhuǒ)
發癀／发癀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
發老脾／发老脾 (faat³ lou⁵ pei^4-2) (Cantonese)
發脾四／发脾四 (faat³ pei⁴ sei³) (Cantonese)
發脾氣／发脾气 (fā píqi)
發臉／发脸 (Hokkien)
發輦／发辇 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
發飆／发飙 (fābiāo) (colloquial)
盛怒 (shèngnù)
瞋恚 (chēnhuì) (Classical Chinese)
耍態度／耍态度 (shuǎ tàidù) (colloquial)
耍脾氣／耍脾气 (shuǎ píqi)
苦氣／苦气 (Hokkien)
見氣／见气 (Yangzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Huizhou, Pingxiang Gan, Wu, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang, Pingxiang Gan)
起性 (Hokkien)
起性地 (Hokkien)
起火
起花光 (kī-huă-guŏng) (Eastern Min)
震怒 (zhènnù)
鬧脾氣／闹脾气 (nào píqi)

Derived terms

勃然大怒 (bórándànù)
咆哮大怒 (páoxiāo dànù)

References

“項羽本紀 [Annals of Xiang Yu]”, in Chinese Text Project‎^[1] (in Chinese) (wiki), 2013 May 13, retrieved January 7, 2024
“項羽本紀 [Annals of Xiang Yu]”, in Baidu Baike [Baidu Encyclopedia] (in Chinese) (wiki), 2022 October 2, retrieved January 7, 2024