大體

See also: 大体

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	body; form; style body; form; style; system
trad. (大體)		大	體
simp. (大体)		大	体

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàtǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ tai²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-thí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-thé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàtǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàtǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tʻi³
    • Yale: dà-tǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtii
    • Palladius: дати (dati)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ tai²
    • Yale: daaih tái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ tei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tʰɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-thí
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai ti^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ ti³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ tʰi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-thé
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixtea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ tʰe⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² tʰe⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ tʰe⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ tʰe⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ tʰe⁴¹/

Noun

大體

1. general principle; main principle; main thing
2. (euphemistic) remains; corpse

Synonyms

• (corpse):

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• 屍身／尸身 (shīshēn)
• 屍首／尸首
• 屍骨／尸骨 (shīgǔ)
• 屍骸／尸骸 (shīhái)
• 屍體／尸体 (shītǐ)
• 死人 (sǐrén)
• 死屍／死尸 (sǐshī)
• 遺骸／遗骸 (yíhái) (remains)
• 遺體／遗体 (yítǐ) (remains)
• 骸骨 (háigǔ) (skeletal remains)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 屍體 (“corpse”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		屍
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		屍體, 屍身, 屍首, 屍骨, 屍骸, 死屍, 死人, 遺體
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	遺體, 屍首兒, 埋體 Hui
	Taiwan	屍體, 大體 polite
	Chifeng	遺體
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	遺體
	Harbin	遺體
	Shenyang	遺體
	Singapore	屍體
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	屍首
	Tangshan	遺體, 屍首
	Cangzhou	遺體
	Baoding	屍首, 屍體
	Shijiazhuang	屍體, 屍首
	Jinan	屍首, 遺體
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	屍首兒, 死屍
	Qingdao	屍體
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	屍首
	Zhengzhou	屍首兒
	Xi'an	屍首, 遺體
	Xining	屍體
	Xuzhou	遺體, 死屍, 屍體
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	埋體
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	埋體
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	遺體, 屍體, 埋體
	Lanzhou	屍首, 遺體
	Ürümqi	遺體
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	屍首, 屍體, 屍, 死人
	Chongqing	屍體
	Wuhan	遺體
	Guiyang	屍首, 屍體
	Kunming	遺體
	Guilin	遺體
	Liuzhou	遺體
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	死屍, 屍首
	Yangzhou	屍首, 遺體
	Nantong	遺體
	Hefei	遺體
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屍骸, 死屍
	Hong Kong	屍體, 死屍, 屍
Gan	Nanchang	屍身
	Pingxiang	死屍
Hakka	Meixian	屍首, 死佬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 垃圾仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	屍體, 屍首, 身屍
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 垃圾仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 死屍
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屍體, 屍首, 身屍
Huizhou	Jixi	屍首, 死屍
	Shexian	遺體, 死屍
Jin	Taiyuan	屍體
	Xinzhou	死人, 死骨劣兒子
	Linhe	屍首
	Jining	遺體
	Hohhot	遺體
	Zhangjiakou	遺體, 屍首
	Handan	遺體
Northern Min	Jian'ou	死人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	身屍
Southern Min	Xiamen	身屍
	Quanzhou	身屍
	Zhangzhou	身屍
	Tainan	身屍
	Penang (Hokkien)	死儂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	身屍
	Manila (Hokkien)	身屍, 死儂
	Shantou	身屍, 屍首, 死屍
	Jieyang	身屍
	Haikou	死屍
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	屍體
Wu	Shanghai	死屍, 屍體
	Suzhou	死屍
	Danyang	死屍
	Hangzhou	死人, 死屍
	Ningbo	死屍, 死人
	Wenzhou	屍, 屍骸

Derived terms

• 大體老師／大体老师 (dàtǐ lǎoshī)
• 無關大體／无关大体 (wúguāndàtǐ)

 

Adverb

大體

1. in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; in the main

   兩國意見大體一致。 [MSC, trad.]
   两国意见大体一致。 [MSC, simp.]

   Liǎngguó yìjiàn dàtǐ yīzhì. [Pinyin]

   The opinions of the two countries are more or less the same.

Synonyms

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• 全盤看來／全盘看来 (quánpán kànlái)
• 基本 (jīběn)
• 基本上 (jīběnshàng)
• 大抵 (dàdǐ)
• 大致上 (dàzhìshang)
• 大都
• 大體上／大体上 (dàtǐshang)
• 大體而言／大体而言 (dàtǐ ér yán)
• 總的來說／总的来说 (zǒngdeláishuō)
• 總算／总算 (zǒngsuàn)

 

Adjective

大體

1. (medicine, attributive) gross

   大體解剖學／大体解剖学  ―  dàtǐ jiěpōuxué  ―  gross anatomy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	體
だい Grade: 1	たい Hyōgai
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 大體 – see the following entry.

【大体だいたい】 [noun] general, rough (idea) [adverb] almost [adverb] approximately [adverb] absolutely

(This term, 大體, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	體

Noun

大體 • (daeche) (hangeul 대체)

1. hanja form^? of 대체 (“main principle; outline”)

Adverb

大體 • (daeche) (hangeul 대체)

1. hanja form^? of 대체 (“almost”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	體

Noun

大體

1. chữ Hán form of đại thể (“general situation”).