大美督

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	beautiful; beauty; America	supervise
trad. (大美督)		大	美	督
simp. #(大美督)		大	美	督
alternative forms		大尾篤／大尾笃 大尾督 大美篤／大美笃

Etymology

Originally written as 大尾篤 / 大尾笃 (daai⁶ mei⁵ duk¹), with 尾 (mei⁵) and 篤 / 笃 (duk¹) replaced by better sounding homophones 美 (mei⁵) and 督 (duk¹).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàměidū

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄟˇ ㄉㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ mei⁵ duk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàměidū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄟˇ ㄉㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàměidu
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-mei³-tu¹
    • Yale: Dà-měi-dū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahmeeidu
    • Palladius: Дамэйду (Damɛjdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ mei⁵ duk¹
    • Yale: daaih méih dūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ mei⁵ duk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ méi⁵ dug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² mei̯¹³ tʊk̚⁵/

Proper noun

大美督

1. Tai Mei Tuk (an area in Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong)

Synonyms

• 大尾篤／大尾笃 (Dàwěidǔ)