大俠

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	knight-errant; chivalrous; heroic
trad. (大俠)		大	俠
simp. (大侠)		大	侠
alternative forms		大蝦／大虾 slang

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàxiá

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hap⁶, daai⁶ haap⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-kiap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàxiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàsiá
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hsia²
    • Yale: dà-syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshya
    • Palladius: дася (dasja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ hap⁶, daai⁶ haap⁶
    • Yale: daaih hahp, daaih haahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hap⁹, daai⁶ haap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ heb⁶, dai⁶ hab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² hɐp̚²/, /taːi̯²² haːp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-kiap
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-kiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixkiab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ kiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² kiap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ kiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ kiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ kiap̚³²/

Noun

大俠

1. knight; paladin; chivalrous hero