大雄

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	heroic; male
simp. and trad. (大雄)		大	雄

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit महावीर (mahāvīra, “great hero”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàxióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàxióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàsyóng
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-hsiung²
    • Yale: Dà-syúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahshyong
    • Palladius: Дасюн (Dasjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

大雄

1. (Jainism) Mahavira
2. (Buddhism) an epithet for the Buddha