大衛

See also: 大衞 and 大卫

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (大衛/大衞)		大	衛/衞
simp. (大卫)		大	卫

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew דּוד (Dāwîḏ, “David”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ wai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-ví

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàwèi
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: Dà-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahwey
    • Palladius: Давэй (Davɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ wai⁶
    • Yale: daaih waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² wɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-ví
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai vi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ vi³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ vi³¹/

Proper noun

大衛

1. David (the second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of Saul in the Old Testament)
2. A transliteration of the English male given name David

Synonyms

• (the second king of Judah and Israel):

Terms for David in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	大衛, 大闢 obsolete or Min Nan
Roman Catholic	達味
Eastern Orthodox	達維德, 達微德
Church of the East	多惠

• (Islam) 達烏德／达乌德