大使

Chinese

Etymology 1

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

大使

  1. ambassador (minister, messenger or corporate representative)
    中國駐美大使／中国驻美大使  ―  Zhōngguó zhù Měi dàshǐ  ―  the Chinese Ambassador to the United States
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Adjective

大使

  1. (Cantonese) lavish; extravagant; profuse; wasteful

Verb

大使

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka) to spend money lavishly; to spend uncontrollably

Japanese
Kanji in this term
大 使
たい
Grade: 1		 し
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) た​いし [táꜜìshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ta̠iɕi]

Noun

大(たい)使(し) • (taishi) 

  1. ambassador

See also

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean
Hanja in this term
大使

Noun

大使 • (daesa or McCune-Reischauer: taesa or Yale: tāysa) (hangeul 대사)

  1. Hanja form? of 대사 (“ambassador”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大使

Noun

大使

  1. chữ Hán form of đại sứ (“ambassador”).
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