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Dai
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Appendix:Variations of "dai"
English
Pronunciation
en /daɪ/
dīTaihsien 1864 1
en aɪ 1
Homophones: die, dye, Di, daye
Etymology 1
en :bor cy:Dai + 1
Proper noun
en male Welsh David.
Etymology 2
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 傣 Dǎi, borrowed from a Tai language. en Tai Thai. Compare th ไท.
Noun
s *
An ethnic group of China, one of the 55 officially recognized minorities.
A member of the ethnic group.
Translations
an ethnic group of China
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 傣族 dǎizú
Kazakh: kk дай
Lao: lo ໄຕ
Lü: khb ᦺᦑ
Marathi: mr टाइ
Nuosu: ii ꄅꋇ
Thai: th ไท
Tibetan: bo
Xibe: sjo ᡩᠠᡞᡯᡠ ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ daidzu uksura
Zhuang: za Daicuz
Etymology 3
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 代 Dài, likely from a presinitic name for the area or its people.
+ (Spring & Autumn)
+ Prefecture
+ County
Dai County
Alternative forms
en Tai Wade-Giles
Proper noun
en historical A small northern state of ancient China.
en historical Various other kingdoms and princely appenages of imperial China named for the ancient state.
en historical A prefecture of Shanxi under imperial China.
en county prefecture-level city/Xinzhou province/Shanxi c/China.
en 30 July 2004 Josephine Ma Coal miners face long, painful death https://web.archive.org/web/20231106234508/https://www.scmp.com/article/464811/coal-miners-face-long-painful-death 06 November 2023 https://www.scmp.com/article/464811/coal-miners-face-long-painful-death w:South China Morning Post 1563-9371 648902513 Tian Yongsheng from Shanxi province is desperate to find a way to relieve the chest pain which has haunted him for years.He is well aware what will happen if he is not treated. Many of his neighbours in Dai county - all coal miners - have died of the disease after suffering great pain.'In the five villages [in Dai county] that I knew, all men from 18 to 50 suffer pneumoconiosis,' said Mr Tian. 'Among 100 coal miners, 100 have pneumoconiosis.
en 2015 S. A. Smith Redemptive Religious Societies and the Communist State, 1949 to the 1980s Jeremy Brown; Matthew D. Johnson Maoism at the Grassroots: Everyday Life in China's Era of High Socialism https://archive.org/details/maoismatgrassroo0000unse/ w:Harvard University Press 978-0-674-28720-4 2015002580 906121659 350 https://archive.org/details/maoismatgrassroo0000unse/page/350/ One of the most remarkable features of the redemptive societies was their continuing ability to draw members of the CCP and the Youth League into their ranks. In 1950 in Shanxi, 18 percent of the 3,000 Communists in Dai County were members of the Yiguandao, which had affiliates in 74 percent of rural Party branches.
en 02 August 2018 Christina Zhao Great Wall of China Collapse: Poor Renovation Works And Heavy Rainfall Blamed https://web.archive.org/web/20180802170717/https://www.newsweek.com/great-wall-china-collapse-poor-renovation-works-and-heavy-rainfall-blamed-1054111 02 August 2018 w:Newsweek 0028-9604 818916146 A northern section of the Great Wall of China collapsed after a period of heavy rain last month, with many blaming poor-quality renovations for the deterioration of the iconic landmark.The damaged section of the historical wall is located near Yanmen Pass, in Dai County, in the Shanxi province.
Synonyms
prefecture, prefectural seat en Daizhou, en Taichow, en Tai-chou
county, county seat en Daixian, en Tai-hsien
Translations
county
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 代 Dài
Japanese: ja
Further reading
en 2008 Dai Xian Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 953 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/953/ 2
Etymology 4
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn - pronunciation of en zh 戴 Dài.
Proper noun
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Dai is the 7,091st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4,723 individuals. Dai is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.82%) individuals.
References
Anagrams
en adi I'da Dia IAD Ida. Adi dia- -iad I'd-a DIA AID aid IDA Ida
en Places in China
North Frisian
Alternative forms
frr dai Föhr-Amrum
frr doi Goesharde
frr däi Mooring
Etymology
From frr ofs dei, from frr gmw-pro *dag, from frr gem-pro *dagaz day, from frr ine-pro *dʰegʷʰ- to burn.
Pronunciation
frr [d̥aɪ̯] Sylt
Noun
frr noun m plural Daagen
frr Sylt day
Derived terms
frr deling
frr Time
Saterland Frisian
stq Mäiden Äivend Times of day
Etymology
stq day :inh ofs:dei
From stq ofs dei, from stq gmw-pro *dag. Cognates include fy dei and de Tag.
Pronunciation
stq /daːi̯/
stq Dai
stq aːi̯ 1
Noun
m Dege
day
References
stq Times of day
Welsh
Etymology
Diminutive of cy Dafydd David.
Pronunciation
cy /dai̯/
cy ai̯ 1
Proper noun
m
cy male Dafydd
Descendants
en Dai 1
Mutation
References
cy