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大乘

大乘

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	ride; mount; make use of ride; mount; make use of; take advantage of; multiply; to avail of; to ride
simp. and trad. (大乘)		大	乘

Noun

大乘

(Buddhism) Mahayana; the great vehicle

Derived terms

大乘佛教

Related terms

小乘 (Hinayana)
上座部 (Theravada)

References

大乘佛教 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Mahayana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Dàchéng, Dàshèng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄥˊ, ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄥˋ
Min Nan (POJ): Tāi-sêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: Dàchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahchengr
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)
  - Pinyin: Dàshèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahshenq
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    大乘
    大勝／大胜
    大聖／大圣
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-sêng
  - Tâi-lô: Tāi-sîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixseeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²³/