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大人物

大人物

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	figure; personage
simp. and trad. (大人物)		大	人物

Noun

大人物

important figure; big shot; big cheese; VIP

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dàrénwù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jan⁴ mat^6-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-ngìn-vu̍t
Min Nan (POJ): tāi-jîn-bu̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàrénwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahrenwuh
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ jan⁴ mat^6-2
  - Yale: daaih yàhn mát
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jan⁴ mat^9-2
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² jɐn²¹ mɐt̚²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-ngìn-vu̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai nginˇ vud
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ ngin² vud⁶
  - IPA: /tʰa̯i⁵⁵ ɲin¹¹ vut̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-jîn-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-jîn-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixjinbut
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻²² but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² d͡ʑin²⁴⁻²² but̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² but̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻¹¹ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ d͡ʑin²³⁻³³ but̚⁴/