大勢

See also: 大势

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence
trad. (大勢)		大	勢
simp. (大势)		大	势

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ sai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-sè / tāi-sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshìh
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: dà-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshyh
    • Palladius: даши (daši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ sai³
    • Yale: daaih sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-sè
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixsex
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ se²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² se⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-sì
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixsix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ si²¹/

Noun

大勢

1. general trend

Derived terms

• 大勢已去／大势已去 (dàshìyǐqù)
• 大勢已定／大势已定
• 大勢所趨／大势所趋 (dàshìsuǒqū)
• 天下大勢／天下大势

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	勢
おお Grade: 1	ぜい Grade: 5
yutōyomi

Likely a shift in reading of taizei below, adopting the native-Japanese kun'yomi of ō for the first character.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おおぜー [òózéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) おおぜー [òózéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːze̞ː]

• The pitch accent pattern is 0 when used as an adverb.

Adverb

大(おお)勢(ぜい) • (ōzei) ^{←おほぜい (ofozei)?}

1. in a crowd, as a crowd

   ツーリストが門(もん)の前(まえ)に大(おお)勢(ぜい)集(あつ)まる

   tsūrisuto ga mon no mae ni ōzei atsumaru

   the tourists gather in a crowd in front of the gate

Noun

大(おお)勢(ぜい) • (ōzei) ^{←おほぜい (ofozei)?}

1. a crowd, a large number of people

   大(おお)勢(ぜい)の前(まえ)で演(えん)奏(そう)する

   ōzei no mae de ensō suru

   to perform in front of a crowd

Derived terms

• 大勢順応(おおぜいじゅんのう) (ōzei junnō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	勢
たい Grade: 1	ぜい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Shift in reading of taisei below. Ultimately from Middle Chinese 大勢 (MC dajH syejH). Uses the kan'yōon of zei for the second character, indicating a shift in pronunciation after borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいぜー [tàízéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) たいぜー [tàízéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ize̞ː]

Noun

大(たい)勢(ぜい) • (taizei) 

1. a crowd, a large number of people

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
大	勢
たい Grade: 1	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 大勢 (MC dajH syejH). The kan'on, so likely the reading as borrowed from Chinese.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいせー [tàíséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ise̞ː]

Noun

大(たい)勢(せい) • (taisei) 

1. the general trend or situation, the zeitgeist, the current of the times

   大(たい)勢(せい)に従(したが)う、大(たい)勢(せい)に逆(さか)らう

   taisei ni shitagau, taisei ni sakarau

   to conform with the trend / go with the flow, to buck the trend / to swim against the current

2. a major authority, influence, or power
3. (business, stocks) a major swing or trend in prices lasting at least half the year

   see also 中勢 (chūsei, “a medium-term swing or trend in prices”)