五大

Chinese

		five	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (五大)		五	大

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔdà

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄉㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ daai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-thai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔdà
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄉㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔdà
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-ta⁴
  - Yale: wǔ-dà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuudah
  - Palladius: уда (uda)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    五大
    武大
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ daai⁶
  - Yale: ńgh daaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ daai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ dai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ taːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-thai
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˋ tai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ tai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/

Noun

五大

the five elements

Japanese

Kanji in this term
五	大
ご Grade: 1	だい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

五(ご)大(だい) • (godai)

(Buddhism) the five elements: earth, water, fire, air, space.

Synonyms

五輪

Related terms

五行 Wu Xing (the Chinese five elements)

Proper noun

五(ご)大(だい) • (Godai)

a male given name

See also

五大 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Five elements (Japanese philosophy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia