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
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dai⁵ e⁵

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• 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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-ví
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai vi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ vi³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ vi³¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dai⁵ e⁵ [Phonetic: dai⁴ e⁵]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Dāi-ā̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai¹¹⁻⁴² e¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dai⁵ e⁵ [Phonetic: dai⁴ e⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai²¹⁻⁴² e²¹/

Proper noun

大衛

1. David (the second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of Saul in the Old Testament)
   • 1874, “撒母耳前書”, in 舊約全書, Peking: 美華書院, page 349:

     眾婦女舞蹈唱和，說，掃羅殺死千千，大衛殺死萬萬。於是掃羅甚發怒，不悅這話，就說，萬萬歸大衛，將千千歸我，只剩下王位沒有給他了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     众妇女舞蹈唱和，说，扫罗杀死千千，大卫杀死万万。于是扫罗甚发怒，不悦这话，就说，万万归大卫，将千千归我，只剩下王位没有给他了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     Zhòng fùnǚ wǔdǎo chànghè, shuō, Sǎoluó shāsǐ qiān qiān, Dàwèi shā sǐ wànwàn. Yúshì Sǎoluó shèn fānù, bùyuè zhè huà, jiù shuō, wàn wàn guī dàwèi, jiāng qiān qiān guī wǒ, zhǐ shèngxià wángwèi méiyǒu gěi tā le. [Pinyin]

     And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?

2. 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 Hokkien, Eastern Min & Puxian Min
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