大幅

Chinese

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
(measure word for textile or picture); width; roll
simp. and trad.
(大幅)
大 幅

Pronunciation


Adjective

大幅

  1. (attributive) large (in width or area)

Adverb

大幅

  1. by a wide margin; substantially; to a great extent

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 幅
おお
Grade: 1
はば
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 大 (ō, “large, big, great”) +‎ 幅 (haba, “width, breadth”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おおはば [òóhábá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːha̠ba̠]

Adjective

大(おお)幅(はば) • (ōhaba) ←おほはば (ofofaba)?-na (adnominal 大(おお)幅(はば)な (ōhaba na), adverbial 大(おお)幅(はば)に (ōhaba ni))

  1. wide, broad (especially more so than normal)
  2. large scale, drastic, major, substantial
    給料(きゅうりょう)の大幅(おおはば)な引(ひ)き上(あ)げ
    kyūryō no ōhaba na hikiage
    a major / steep hike in salary
    大幅(おおはば)な人員削減(じんいんさくげん)
    ōhaba na jin'in sakugen
    a drastic reduction in headcount

Inflection

Noun

大(おお)幅(はば) • (ōhaba) ←おほはば (ofofaba)?

  1. a specific measure used for traditional Japanese textiles: full-breadth cloth, roughly 72 cm wide, twice the width of a 小幅 (kohaba) measure

Synonyms

  • (textile measure): 広幅 (ひろはば, ​hirohaba)

Derived terms

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.