大士

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad. (大士)		大	士

Etymology 1

Calque of Sanskrit महापुरुष (mahāpuruṣa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshìh
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: dà-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshyh
    • Palladius: даши (daši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

大士

1. (literary, Buddhism) Avalokiteśvara
2. (literary, Buddhism) Bodhisattva
3. (literary) distinguished man; man of accomplishment

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay Tuas, via a southern dialect, where the pronunciation of 大 phonetically resembles the Malay source.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tōa-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàshìh
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: Dà-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahshyh
    • Palladius: Даши (Daši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa-sū
    • Tâi-lô: Tuā-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsu
    • IPA (Singapore): /tua²²⁻²¹ su²²/

Proper noun

大士

1. Tuas (a planning area in the West Region, Singapore)