大旨

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	imperial decree; purport; aim imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose
trad. (大旨)		大	旨
simp. ^#(大旨)		大	旨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chih³
  - Yale: dà-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjyy
  - Palladius: дачжи (dačži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    大旨
    大趾
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ zi²
  - Yale: daaih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

大旨

main idea; gist

Synonyms

主旨 (zhǔzhǐ)
大意 (dàyì)
指歸 / 指归 (zhǐguī) (literary)
旨要 (zhǐyào)
歸趣 / 归趣 (guīqù) (literary)
要旨 (yàozhǐ)
要義 / 要义 (yàoyì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	旨
おお Grade: 1	むね Grade: S
kun'yomi

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

【概おおむね】

[adverb] generally, mainly, roughly

[noun] the outline, gist

(This term, 大旨, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)