大白象

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)
trad. (大白象)		大	白	象
simp. #(大白象)		大	白	象

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàbáixiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ baak⁶ zoeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàbáixiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàbáisiàng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pai²-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: dà-bái-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbairshianq
    • Palladius: дабайсян (dabajsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ baak⁶ zoeng⁶
    • Yale: daaih baahk jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ baak⁹ dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bag⁶ zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² paːk̚² t͡sœːŋ²²/

Noun

大白象

1. (Hong Kong) white elephant

   大白象工程 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  daai⁶ baak⁶ zoeng⁶ gung¹ cing⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  white elephant project