八大金剛

Chinese

		eight	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	diamond; object that is extremely hard and strong
trad. (八大金剛)		八	大	金剛
simp. (八大金刚)		八	大	金刚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bā Dà Jīngāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bā Dà Jīngāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ba Dà Jingang
    • Wade–Giles: Pa¹ Ta⁴ Chin¹-kang¹
    • Yale: Bā Dà Jīn-gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ba Dah Jingang
    • Palladius: Ба Да Цзиньган (Ba Da Czinʹgan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ tä⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

八大金剛

1. (Buddhism) eight great vajra-wielding gods

   Coordinate term: 四大天王 (sìdàtiānwáng)

2. (history) 8 major leaders in Chiang Kai-shek's Republican government