巨無霸
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See also: 巨无霸
Chinese
very large; huge; tremendous very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic |
not have | feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (巨無霸) | 巨 | 無 | 霸 | |
| simp. (巨无霸) | 巨 | 无 | 霸 | |
| alternative forms | 巨毋霸 | |||
| Literally: “big with no equal”. | ||||
Etymology
Attested in the Book of the Later Han; see the Etymology section at 巨毋霸 (jùwúbà).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi6 mou4 baa3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kū-bû-pà / kǐr-bû-pà / kī-bû-pà
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6jiu-wu-pa
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄨˊ ㄅㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jyùwúbà
- Wade–Giles: chü4-wu2-pa4
- Yale: jyù-wú-bà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhwubah
- Palladius: цзюйуба (czjujuba)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ u³⁵ pä⁵¹/
- Homophones:
巨毋霸
巨無霸 / 巨无霸
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: geoi6 mou4 baa3
- Yale: geuih mòuh ba
- Cantonese Pinyin: goey6 mou4 baa3
- Guangdong Romanization: gêu6 mou4 ba3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɵy̯²² mou̯²¹ paː³³/
- Homophones:
巨毋霸
巨無霸 / 巨无霸
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-bû-pà
- Tâi-lô: kū-bû-pà
- Phofsit Daibuun: kuxbu'pax
- IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²⁻²¹ bu²⁴⁻²² pa²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ pa¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr-bû-pà
- Tâi-lô: kǐr-bû-pà
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²² bu²⁴⁻²² pa⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-bû-pà
- Tâi-lô: kī-bû-pà
- Phofsit Daibuun: kixbu'pax
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³⁻²¹ bu²³⁻³³ pa²¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ bu¹³⁻²² pa²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: gjoX mju paeH
Proper noun
巨無霸
Noun
巨無霸
- (figurative) big or invincible person or thing; giant; colossus; monster
- (figurative, slang) huge breasts, or a person with huge breasts
- (Mainland China, Hong Kong) Big Mac (hamburger from McDonald's)
- 巨無霸指數／巨无霸指数 ― jùwúbà zhǐshù ― the Big Mac Index