大師

See also: 大师

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (大師)		大	師
simp. (大师)		大	师
anagram		師大／师大

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàshī

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ si¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-sir / tāi-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàshih
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shih¹
  - Yale: dà-shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshy
  - Palladius: даши (daši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ si¹
  - Yale: daaih sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² siː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-sir
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-sir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-su
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixsw
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/

Noun

大師

(education) great master; master
國學大師／国学大师 ― guóxué dàshī ― master of Chinese studies

他們都是舉世公認的法學大師。 [MSC, trad.]
他们都是举世公认的法学大师。 [MSC, simp.]
Tāmen dōu shì jǔshì gōngrèn de fǎxué dàshī. [Pinyin]
They are all recognized as global masters of law.
(Buddhism) Great Master (courtesy title used to address a Buddhist monk)
星雲大師／星云大师 ― Xīngyún dàshī ― Master Hsing Yun

Synonyms

(great master): 巨匠 (jùjiàng)

See also

導師／导师 (dǎoshī)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàishī

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄕ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàishī
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàishih
  - Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-shih¹
  - Yale: tài-shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayshy
  - Palladius: тайши (tajši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

Noun

大師

(historical) leader of court musicians; principal musician
- 子語魯大師樂。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  子语鲁大师乐。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Zǐ yù Lǔ tàishī yuè. [Pinyin]
  The Master spoke to the Grand Music Master of Lu about music.
- 曠也，大師也。不以詔，是以飲之也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  旷也，大师也。不以诏，是以饮之也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Kuàng yě, tàishī yě. Bù yǐ zhào, shìyǐ yìn zhī yě. [Pinyin]
  Kuang is the grand music-master, and did not remind you of this. It was on this account that I made him drink.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	師
だい Grade: 1	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

大(だい)師(し) • (daishi)

(Buddhism, formal) Great teacher; great or silent master.
(formal) An honorary title given by the Japanese Imperial Court.