獨霸

Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp
trad. (獨霸)		獨	霸
simp. (独霸)		独	霸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúbà

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄅㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ baa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-pà

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúbà
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄅㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúbà
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-pa⁴
    • Yale: dú-bà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwubah
    • Palladius: дуба (duba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ pä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ baa³
    • Yale: duhk ba
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ baa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ ba³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² paː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-pà
    • Tâi-lô: to̍k-pà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dogpax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² pa²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² pa⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pa²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² pa¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² pa²¹/

Verb

獨霸

1. to dominate exclusively; to monopolize
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, sports) to only care about making oneself stand out while failing to cooperate with teammates (during a game, etc.)

Synonyms

• (to dominate exclusively): 獨攬／独揽 (dúlǎn), 獨佔／独占 (dúzhàn); (Hokkien) 獨盤／独盘