大慈大悲

Chinese

			great compassion
trad. (大慈大悲)		大慈	大悲
simp. #(大慈大悲)		大慈	大悲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàcídàbēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄘˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ci⁴ daai⁶ bei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-chû-tāi-pi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàcídàbēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄘˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàcíhdàbei
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tzʻŭ²-ta⁴-pei¹
    • Yale: dà-tsź-dà-bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtsyrdahbei
    • Palladius: дацыдабэй (dacydabɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ tä⁵¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ci⁴ daai⁶ bei¹
    • Yale: daaih chìh daaih bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tsi⁴ daai⁶ bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ qi⁴ dai⁶ béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sʰiː²¹ taːi̯²² pei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-chû-tāi-pi
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-tsû-tāi-pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixzu'daixpy
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴⁻¹¹ tai³³⁻¹¹ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ t͡su²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ pi⁴⁴/

Idiom

大慈大悲

1. (Buddhism or figuratively) infinitely compassionate and merciful (e.g. of the buddhas and bodhisattvas)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大慈大悲):

• → Japanese: 大慈大悲(だいじだいひ) (daijidaihi)
• → Korean: 대자대비(大慈大悲) (daejadaebi)
• → Vietnamese: đại từ đại bi (大慈大悲)