大理

Chinese

		big great greater	order orderer(s)
simp. and trad. (大理)		大	理
anagram		理大

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ lei⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Tāi-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ li²

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• 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⁾/
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-lí
    • Tâi-lô: Tāi-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixlie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dai⁶ li²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵²/

Proper noun

大理

1. (～白族自治州, ～州) Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (an autonomous prefecture of Yunnan, China)
2. (～市) Dali (a county-level city in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China)
3. (～鎮, ～古城) Dali (a town in Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China, also known as Dali Old Town)
4. (～國) (historical) Dali Kingdom (a medieval state controlled from the old town)
5. (～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

• 大理石 (dàlǐshí)
• 大理花 (dàlǐhuā)

 

Noun

大理

1. (historical) A minister of medieval China who headed most of the imperial judicial system.

Synonyms

• 司寇 (sīkòu) (Zhou), 廷尉 (tíngwèi) (Han), 刑部尚書／刑部尚书 (Ming)

Hyponyms

• 九卿 (Jiǔqīng)

Coordinate terms

• 刑部 (Xíngbù)

Derived terms

• 大理寺
• 大理寺卿
• 大理院 (dàlǐyuàn)