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

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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-ví
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai vi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ vi³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ vi³¹/

Proper noun

大衛

David (the second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of Saul in the Old Testament)
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

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