"大士" meaning in Chinese

See 大士 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tua²²⁻²¹ su²²/ [Hokkien, Singapore], /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/, /tua²²⁻²¹ su²²/ Chinese transliterations: Dàshì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], Tōa-sū, Dàshì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], Dàshìh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], Ta⁴-shih⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], Dà-shr̀ [Mandarin, Yale], Dahshyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], Даши [Mandarin, Palladius], Daši [Mandarin, Palladius], Tōa-sū [Hokkien, POJ], Tuā-sū [Hokkien, Tai-lo], doaxsu [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Tuas, via a southern dialect, where the pronunciation of 大 phonetically resembles the Malay source. Etymology templates: {{bor+|zh|ms|Tuas}} Borrowed from Malay Tuas, {{zh-l|大*}} 大 Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 大士
  1. Tuas (a planning area in the West Region, Singapore) Categories (place): Places in Singapore
    Sense id: en-大士-zh-name-9Cd2G8Hy Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 91 2 3 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 1 1 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ Chinese transliterations: dàshì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], dàshì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], dàshìh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], ta⁴-shih⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], dà-shr̀ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], dahshyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], даши [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], daši [Mandarin, Palladius, standard]
Etymology: Calque of Sanskrit महापुरुष (mahāpuruṣa). Etymology templates: {{cal|zh|sa|महापुरुष}} Calque of Sanskrit महापुरुष (mahāpuruṣa) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 大士
  1. (literary, Buddhism) Avalokiteśvara Tags: literary Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-大士-zh-noun-tyLpOH9O Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  2. (literary, Buddhism) Bodhisattva Tags: literary Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-大士-zh-noun-pSZ-MFGG Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  3. (literary) distinguished man; man of accomplishment Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-大士-zh-noun-U~J9x6rs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "大士",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (05fdf6b and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.