大雄

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	heroic; male
simp. and trad. (大雄)		大	雄

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit महावीर (mahāvīra, “great hero”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dàxióng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dàxióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dàsyóng
  - Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-hsiung²
  - Yale: Dà-syúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahshyong
  - Palladius: Дасюн (Dasjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

大雄

Mahavira
(Buddhism) an epithet for the Buddha

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