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

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

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

Synonyms

大尾篤／大尾笃 (Dàwěidǔ)

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