大量

Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
capacity; quantity; amount
capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
 
simp. and trad.
(大量)

Pronunciation 1


Adjective

大量

  1. great amount of; large quantity of; large number of; a lot of
    發表大量文章发表大量文章  ―  fābiǎo dàliàng wénzhāng  ―  to publish a large number of articles
    大量財物大量财物  ―  Dàliàng cáiwù bèi dào.  ―  A large amount of property was stolen.
    建議大量人力財力 [MSC, trad.]
    建议大量人力财力 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè ge jiànyì huì hào qù dàliàng de rénlì hé cáilì. [Pinyin]
    This proposal will consume a lot of manpower and financial resources.
  2. magnanimous; generous
Synonyms
  • (great amount of; large quantity of; large number of; a lot of):
  • (magnanimous; generous):
Derived terms
  • (great amount of; large quantity of; large number of; a lot of):
  • (magnanimous; generous):

Adverb

大量

  1. in a large quantity; in a large number
    大量消耗  ―  dàliàng xiāohào  ―  to consume in large quantity

Pronunciation 2


Noun

大量

  1. (Southern Min) large steelyard

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 1
りょう
Grade: 4
kan'on

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いりょー [tàíryóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠iɾʲo̞ː]

Adjective

(たい)(りょう) • (tairyōたいりやう (tairyau)?-na (adnominal (たい)(りょう) (tairyō na), adverbial (たい)(りょう) (tairyō ni))

  1. mass, massive
    • 2025 August 13 (last accessed), 村上誠一郎 [Seiichiro Murakami], quotee, “第217回国会 参議院 本会議 第16号 令和7年4月25日 [217th Diet House of Councilors Plenary Session No. 16 April 25, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library]:
      大規模災害では、避難所運営などの災害対応業務が大量に発生いたします。
      Daikibo saigai de wa, hinanjo un'ei nado no saigai taiō gyōmu ga tairyō ni hassei itashi masu.
      In the event of a large-scale disaster, a large amount of disaster response work will occur, such as operating evacuation shelters.
  2. (obsolete) broad-minded

Inflection

Noun

(たい)(りょう) • (tairyōたいりやう (tairyau)?

  1. large amounts
    (たい)(りょう)()(かい)(へい)()
    tairyō hakai heiki
    Weapon of mass destruction

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

大量 • (daeryang) (hangeul 대량)

  1. hanja form? of 대량 (large amounts)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

大量

  1. chữ Hán form of đại lượng (quantity)

Adjective

大量

  1. chữ Hán form of đại lượng (generous; magnanimous)