大牢

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	firm; fast
simp. and trad. (大牢)		大	牢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàláo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ lou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàláo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàláo
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-lao²
  - Yale: dà-láu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahlau
  - Palladius: далао (dalao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ lou⁴
  - Yale: daaih lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lou̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: dajH|daH law

Rime
Character	大	大	牢
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	魯刀切
Baxter	dajH	daH	law
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/lɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/lɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/lɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daj^H/	/da^H/	/law/
Li Rong	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/lɑu/
Wang Li	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/lɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑi^H/	/dʱɑ^H/	/lɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	láo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai⁶	do⁶	lou⁴

Noun

大牢

(old-fashioned or humorous) jail; prison; dungeon
來人啊，將人犯押入大牢！ [MSC, trad.]
来人啊，将人犯押入大牢！ [MSC, simp.]
Láirén a, jiāng rénfàn yā rù dàláo! [Pinyin]
Men, take the offender to be detained in jail!

Synonyms

囹圄 (língyǔ) (literary)
清室 (qīngshì) (archaic)
牢 (láo)
牢房 (láofáng)
牢獄／牢狱 (láoyù)
班房 (bānfáng) (colloquial)
監房／监房 (jiānfáng)
監牢／监牢 (jiānláo)
監獄／监狱 (jiānyù)
鐵屋／铁屋 (tiěwū) (literary, figurative)

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