大我

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	I; me
simp. and trad. (大我)		大	我

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàwǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ngo⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàwǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàwǒ
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-wo³
    • Yale: dà-wǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahwoo
    • Palladius: даво (davo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ngo⁵
    • Yale: daaih ngóh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ngo⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ngo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² ŋɔː¹³/

Noun

大我

1. (Buddhism) the greater self
2. the collective (the country, the organization, etc., as opposed to the individual)

Synonyms

• (the greater self): 真我

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "the collective"): 小我 (xiǎowǒ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	我
たい Grade: 1	が Grade: 6

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta̠iɡa̠]

Noun

大(たい)我(が) • (taiga) 

1. (Buddhism) an enlightened person; one who transcends ego

   Antonym: 小我 (shōga)