大士

dàshì
  1. (literary) distinguished man; man of accomplishment
  2. (literary, Buddhism) Avalokiteśvara
  3. (literary, Buddhism) Bodhisattva
  4. Avalokiteśvara
  5. Bodhisattva
  6. Tuas (a planning area in the West Region, Singapore)
  7. distinguished man; man of accomplishment

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=1 大 dài see 大夫 dàifu
=2 士 Shì surname Shi
=2 士 shì
  1. member of the senior ministerial class (old)
  2. scholar (old)
  3. bachelor
  4. honorific
  5. soldier
  6. noncommissioned officer
  7. specialist worker

Containing this entry

觀音大士 Guānyīn Dàshì