"大丈夫" meaning in Chinese

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Adjective

IPA: /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: dàzhàngfū [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo], dàzhàngfū [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], dàjhàngfu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ta⁴-chang⁴-fu¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dà-jàng-fū [Mandarin, Yale], dahjanqfu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], дачжанфу [Mandarin, Palladius], dačžanfu [Mandarin, Palladius]
Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ) (daijōbu), from Chinese 大丈夫. Etymology templates: {{obor|zh|ja|-}} Orthographic borrowing from Japanese, {{ja-r|大%丈%夫|だい%じょう%ぶ}} 大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ) (daijōbu), {{der|zh|zh|大丈夫}} Chinese 大丈夫 Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 大丈夫
  1. (Internet slang) all right; okay Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-大丈夫-zh-adj-XsnbXWZR Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms borrowed back into Chinese Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Chinese terms borrowed back into Chinese: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /taːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰai̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ fu²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /tai²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /tai⁴¹⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hu³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /tai²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /tai³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /tai³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu¹/, /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/, /taːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/, /tʰai̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ fu²⁴/, /tai²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/, /tai⁴¹⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hu³³/, /tai²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/, /tai³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/, /tai³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: dàzhàngfu [Mandarin, Pinyin], dàzhàngfū [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤˋ ˙ㄈㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo], daai⁶ zoeng⁶ fu¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], thai-chhong-fû [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], tāi-tiōng-hu, dàzhàngfu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], dàjhàngfů [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ta⁴-chang⁴-fu⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dà-jàng-fu [Mandarin, Yale], dahjanq.fu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], дачжанфу [Mandarin, Palladius], dačžanfu [Mandarin, Palladius], dàzhàngfū [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], dàjhàngfu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ta⁴-chang⁴-fu¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dà-jàng-fū [Mandarin, Yale], dahjanqfu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], daaih jeuhng fū [Cantonese, Yale], daai⁶ dzoeng⁶ fu¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], dai⁶ zêng⁶ fu¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], thai-chhong-fû [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], tai cong fu´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], tai⁴ cong⁴ fu¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], tāi-tiōng-hu [Hokkien, POJ], tāi-tiōng-hu [Hokkien, Tai-lo], daixdioxnghw [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Etymology: Attestable in pre-Qin texts. Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 大丈夫
  1. real man; man of character Related terms: 丈夫 (zhàngfū), 男子漢 (nánzǐhàn), 男子汉 (nánzǐhàn)
    Sense id: en-大丈夫-zh-noun-ZbzVfs5c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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  "etymology_text": "Attestable in pre-Qin texts.",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
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          "english": "A true man bleeds but never sheds a tear",
          "ref": "男子漢大丈夫,流血不流淚 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "男子汉大丈夫,流血不流泪 [MSC, simp.]\nnánzǐhàn dàzhàngfū, liúxuè bù liúlèi [Pinyin]",
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        {
          "english": "If you dwell in the great house of the world, are established in your correct position in the world, walk the great Path of the world; if you attain your ambitions for office, and then share your goodness with the people—or, not attaining your ambitions for office and walking alone on your own Path; if wealth and honor do not dissipate you, poverty and low status do not make you move from your principles; authority and might do not distort you: Then you can be called a “great man.”",
          "ref": "居天下之廣居,立天下之正位,行天下之大道。得志與民由之,不得志獨行其道。富貴不能淫,貧賤不能移,威武不能屈。此之謂大丈夫。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "居天下之广居,立天下之正位,行天下之大道。得志与民由之,不得志独行其道。富贵不能淫,贫贱不能移,威武不能屈。此之谓大丈夫。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE\nJū tiānxià zhī guǎngjū, lì tiānxià zhī zhèngwèi, xíng tiānxià zhī dàdào. Dézhì yǔ mín yóu zhī, bùdézhì dúxíng qí dào. Fùguì bùnéng yín, pínjiàn bùnéng yí, wēiwǔ bùnéng qū. Cǐ zhī wèi dàzhàngfū. [Pinyin]",
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        {
          "english": "Foreknowledge is the flower of Tao, but of ignorance the beginning. Therefore a great sportsman abides by the solid and dwells not in the superficial. He abides in the fruit and dwells not in the flower. Therefore he discards the latter and chooses the former.",
          "ref": "前識者,道之華而愚之始也。是以大丈夫處其厚,不處其薄;居其實,不居其華。故去彼取此。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "前识者,道之华而愚之始也。是以大丈夫处其厚,不处其薄;居其实,不居其华。故去彼取此。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Tao Te Ching, 4ᵗʰ century BCE\nQiánshí zhě, dào zhī huá ér yú zhī shǐ yě. Shì yǐ dàzhàngfū chù qí hòu, bù chù qí bó; jū qí shí, bù jū qí huá. Gù qù bǐ qǔ cǐ. [Pinyin]",
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        {
          "english": "\"A great sportsman\" is so called because his wisdom is great.",
          "ref": "所謂「大丈夫」者,謂其智之大也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "所谓「大丈夫」者,谓其智之大也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE\nSuǒwèi “dàzhàngfū” zhě, wèi qí zhì zhī dà yě. [Pinyin]",
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          "roman": "zhàngfū",
          "word": "丈夫"
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          "roman": "nánzǐhàn",
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          "roman": "nánzǐhàn",
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      "zh-pron": "dàzhàngfu"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "dàzhàngfū"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤˋ ˙ㄈㄨ"
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      "tags": [
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        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "daai⁶ zoeng⁶ fu¹"
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        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thai-chhong-fû"
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      "zh-pron": "tāi-tiōng-hu"
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      "zh-pron": "dàzhàngfu"
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      "zh-pron": "dàjhàngfů"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ta⁴-chang⁴-fu⁵"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dà-jàng-fu"
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "dahjanq.fu"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "дачжанфу"
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      "zh-pron": "dačžanfu"
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      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu¹/",
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      "zh-pron": "ta⁴-chang⁴-fu¹"
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      "zh-pron": "dà-jàng-fū"
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      "zh-pron": "daaih jeuhng fū"
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      "zh-pron": "daai⁶ dzoeng⁶ fu¹"
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      "zh-pron": "dai⁶ zêng⁶ fu¹"
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      "ipa": "/taːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/",
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
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      "zh-pron": "thai-chhong-fû"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
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      "zh-pron": "tai cong fu´"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tai⁴ cong⁴ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰai̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ fu²⁴/",
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        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "tāi-tiōng-hu"
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      "zh-pron": "tāi-tiōng-hu"
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      "zh-pron": "daixdioxnghw"
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      "ipa": "/tai²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
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      "ipa": "/tai⁴¹⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hu³³/",
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      "ipa": "/tai²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/",
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      "ipa": "/tai³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰai̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ fu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai⁴¹⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hu³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/"
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  "word": "大丈夫"
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      "zh-pron": "dàjhàngfu"
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      "zh-pron": "ta⁴-chang⁴-fu¹"
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      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/"
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        {
          "english": "A true man bleeds but never sheds a tear",
          "ref": "男子漢大丈夫,流血不流淚 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "男子汉大丈夫,流血不流泪 [MSC, simp.]\nnánzǐhàn dàzhàngfū, liúxuè bù liúlèi [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "If you dwell in the great house of the world, are established in your correct position in the world, walk the great Path of the world; if you attain your ambitions for office, and then share your goodness with the people—or, not attaining your ambitions for office and walking alone on your own Path; if wealth and honor do not dissipate you, poverty and low status do not make you move from your principles; authority and might do not distort you: Then you can be called a “great man.”",
          "ref": "居天下之廣居,立天下之正位,行天下之大道。得志與民由之,不得志獨行其道。富貴不能淫,貧賤不能移,威武不能屈。此之謂大丈夫。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "居天下之广居,立天下之正位,行天下之大道。得志与民由之,不得志独行其道。富贵不能淫,贫贱不能移,威武不能屈。此之谓大丈夫。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE\nJū tiānxià zhī guǎngjū, lì tiānxià zhī zhèngwèi, xíng tiānxià zhī dàdào. Dézhì yǔ mín yóu zhī, bùdézhì dúxíng qí dào. Fùguì bùnéng yín, pínjiàn bùnéng yí, wēiwǔ bùnéng qū. Cǐ zhī wèi dàzhàngfū. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Foreknowledge is the flower of Tao, but of ignorance the beginning. Therefore a great sportsman abides by the solid and dwells not in the superficial. He abides in the fruit and dwells not in the flower. Therefore he discards the latter and chooses the former.",
          "ref": "前識者,道之華而愚之始也。是以大丈夫處其厚,不處其薄;居其實,不居其華。故去彼取此。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "前识者,道之华而愚之始也。是以大丈夫处其厚,不处其薄;居其实,不居其华。故去彼取此。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Tao Te Ching, 4ᵗʰ century BCE\nQiánshí zhě, dào zhī huá ér yú zhī shǐ yě. Shì yǐ dàzhàngfū chù qí hòu, bù chù qí bó; jū qí shí, bù jū qí huá. Gù qù bǐ qǔ cǐ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "\"A great sportsman\" is so called because his wisdom is great.",
          "ref": "所謂「大丈夫」者,謂其智之大也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "所谓「大丈夫」者,谓其智之大也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE\nSuǒwèi “dàzhàngfū” zhě, wèi qí zhì zhī dà yě. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "real man; man of character"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "real",
          "real"
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        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàzhàngfu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàzhàngfū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤˋ ˙ㄈㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄈㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "daai⁶ zoeng⁶ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thai-chhong-fû"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tāi-tiōng-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàzhàngfu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàjhàngfů"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ta⁴-chang⁴-fu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dà-jàng-fu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dahjanq.fu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дачжанфу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dačžanfu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàzhàngfū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàjhàngfu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ta⁴-chang⁴-fu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dà-jàng-fū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dahjanqfu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "daaih jeuhng fū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "daai⁶ dzoeng⁶ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dai⁶ zêng⁶ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thai-chhong-fû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tai cong fu´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tai⁴ cong⁴ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰai̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ fu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tāi-tiōng-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tāi-tiōng-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "daixdioxnghw"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai⁴¹⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hu³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰai̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ fu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai⁴¹⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hu³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/"
    }
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  "word": "大丈夫"
}

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      "zh-pron": "dà-jàng-fū"
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      "zh-pron": "дачжанфу"
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