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大同

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdaai6 tung4

(noun) Pax

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

daai66 · low leveltung44 · low falling

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Same syllable, six tones

daaidaai1—歹daai2bad 带daai3banddaai4—daai5—大daai6

tung通tung1to go through 统tung2to gather 痛tung3ache 同tung4lanetung5—tung6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

大同

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

大同 Dà tóng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinsee 大同市 Dà tóng Shì; see 大同鄉 Dà tóng Xiāng; see 大同區 Dà tóng Qū; (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society)

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: Da4tong2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

(Chinese philosophy) Great Unity (utopian vision of the world in which everyone and everything is at peace)
(formal) significant similarities
(～卦) A combination 四上三中四下 in the Lingqijing.
(Taiwanese Hokkien, chiefly Tainan and Magong Hokkien) green pepper

name

(～市) Datong (a prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China)
(～縣) (historical) Datong (a former county of Datong, Shanxi, China; modern Yunzhou District)
(～區) Datong (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)
(～區) Datong District (a district of Daqing, Heilongjiang, China)
(～鄉) Datong Township (various townships in Mainland China)
(～鄉) Datong (a mountain indigenous township in Yilan County, Taiwan)
(～鎮) Datong Town (various towns in Mainland China)
(～社區) Datong (a residential community in Zhicheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)
(historical) the Datong era (a Chinese era name): — The fifth era of Emperor Wu of Liang, from 535 to 546.
(historical) the Datong era (a Chinese era name): — The third era of Emperor Wuxuan of Dafengmin (formerly Nanzhao), ending in 888.
(historical) the Datong era (a Chinese era name): — The third era of Emperor Taizong of Liao, in 947.
(historical) the Datong era (a Chinese era name): — The second era of Puxian Wannu as emperor of Eastern Xia, from 1224 to 1233.
(historical) the Datong era (a Chinese era name): — The era of Puyi as chief executive of the Japanese puppet state of the State of Manchuria (Manchukuo), from 1932 until his enthronement as emperor with the establishment of the Empire of Manchuria in 1934.

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