# 大闢
## Chinese
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Dàpì
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ pek$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): Duōi-pĭ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dai$^5$ bih$^7$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tāi-pi̍t
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Dàpì
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Dàpì
*** Wade–Giles: Ta$^4$-pʻi$^4$
*** Yale: Dà-pì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahpih
*** Palladius: Дапи (Dapi)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ pek$^1$
*** Yale: daaih pēk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ pek$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ pég$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² pʰɛːk̚⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Duōi-pĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /tuɛ⁵⁵ pʰi²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dai$^5$ bih$^7$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Dāi-bi̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /tai²¹ piʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dai$^5$ bih$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /tai²¹ piʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-pi̍t
*** Tâi-lô: Tāi-pi̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daixpit
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ pit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² pit̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ pit̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ pit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ pit̚⁴/

### Proper noun

大闢
* (obsolete or Hokkien) David (the second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of Saul in the Old Testament)
    From: 1855, 《舊約全書》委辦譯本, 詩篇 (Psalm) 144:10
    Ěr pú Dàpì, zuò mín zhī jūn, ěr shǐ huòshèng, ěr zhěngjiù zhī, tuō yú lìrèn xī. [Pinyin]
    It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. [King James Version]
    From: 1857, 《新約全書》南京官話譯本, 使徒行傳 (Acts) 13:22
    And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. [King James Version]
    From: 1879, 《啟蒙淺學》 [First Book of Reading in the Romanised Colloquial of the Hakka-Chinese in the Province of Canton]
    Psalm 84:3 says that King David compared the peace that he got at the Lord's altar to birds having nests and sparrows having a home
    From: 1894, James Dyer Ball, Readings in Cantonese Colloquial, page 62
    sik$^1$ jat$^6$ daai$^6$ pek$^1$ muk$^6$ joeng$^4$ kwan$^4$, jau$^5$ jat$^1$ zek$^3$ si$^1$, jat$^1$ zek$^3$ hung$^4$, soeng$^2$ zuk$^1$ keoi$^5$ ge$^3$ joeng$^4$, daan$^6$ daai$^6$ pek$^1$ m$^4$ paa$^3$, jan$^1$ wai$^6$ san$^4$ bong$^1$ zo$^6$ keoi$^5$ daa$^2$ sei$^2$ go$^2$ loeng$^5$ zek$^3$ ok$^3$ sau$^3$ [Jyutping]
    Long ago David kept his flock of sheep; and a lion and a bear tried to get his sheep; but David was not afraid, because God helped him to kill those two fierce beasts.
    From: 1964, 昔於大闢王的城裡 [Once in Royal David's City], in 《聖詩》
    Chá tī Tāi-pi̍t ông ê siâⁿ--nih, Chi̍t ê bé-tiâu chin pi-bî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Once in royal David’s city, Stood a lowly cattle shed

#### Synonyms

| Branch | Words |
| Protestant | 大衛, 大闢 obsolete or Min Nan |
| Roman Catholic | 達味 |
| Eastern Orthodox | 達維德, 達微德 |
| Church of the East | 多惠 |