大大方方

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (大大方方)		大	大	方	方

Etymology

AABB-type reduplication of 大方 (dàfāng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàdafāngfāng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄉㄚㄈㄤㄈㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ daai⁶ fong¹ fong¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-tāi-hong-hong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàdafāngfāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄉㄚㄈㄤㄈㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàdåfangfang
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ta⁵-fang¹-fang¹
  - Yale: dà-da-fāng-fāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dah.dafangfang
  - Palladius: дадафанфан (dadafanfan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ d̥ä¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ daai⁶ fong¹ fong¹
  - Yale: daaih daaih fōng fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ daai⁶ fong¹ fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dai⁶ fong¹ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² taːi̯²² fɔːŋ⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-tāi-hong-hong
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-tāi-hong-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixdaixhonghofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ tai²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² tai⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ³³ hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ tai²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ tai³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ tai³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Adjective

大大方方

confident, calm, poised
- 「濟川連問外面何人？他才大大方方的走了進來。」 [MSC, trad.]
  「济川连问外面何人？他才大大方方的走了进来。」 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 《文明小史》第二五回
  “Jìchuān lián wèn wàimiàn hérén? Tā cái dàdàfāngfāng de zǒu le jìnlái.” [Pinyin]
  Jichuan asked who was outside. Then he walked in calmly.

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