大我

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	I; me
simp. and trad. (大我)		大	我

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàwǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ngo⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàwǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàwǒ
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-wo³
  - Yale: dà-wǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahwoo
  - Palladius: даво (davo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ ngo⁵
  - Yale: daaih ngóh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ngo⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ngo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² ŋɔː¹³/

Noun

大我

(Buddhism) the greater self
the collective (the country, the organization, etc., as opposed to the individual)

Synonyms

(the greater self): 真我

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “the collective”): 小我 (xiǎowǒ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	我
たい Grade: 1	が Grade: 6

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ta̠iɡa̠]

Noun

大(たい)我(が) • (taiga)

(Buddhism) an enlightened person; one who transcends ego
Antonym: 小我 (shōga)