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Jyutping daai6 wai6
Pinyin dà wèi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. David (name)
  2. Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), French neoclassical painter
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. name
    David (a male given name)
  2. name
    David (the second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of Saul in the Old Testament)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    有些人相信英国皇室是大卫王的后裔。
    有些人相信英國皇室是大衛王的後裔。
    yǒu xiē rén xiāng xìn yīng guó huáng shì shì dà wèi wáng de hòu yì 。
    • Some believe that the British Royal Family is directly descended from the line of King David.
  2. Mandarin
    大卫能讲流利的法语。
    大衛能講流利的法語。
    dà wèi néng jiǎng liú lì de fǎ yǔ 。
    • David can speak French fluently.
  3. Mandarin
    大卫很活跃。
    大衛很活躍。
    dà wèi hěn huó yuè 。
    • David is very active.
  4. Mandarin
    玛丽,这是乔的兄弟大卫。
    瑪麗,這是喬的兄弟大衛。
    mǎ lì , zhè shì qiáo de xiōng dì dà wèi 。
    • Mary, this is Joe's brother David.
  5. Mandarin
    大卫有如此多的女朋友,以至于他无法记得他们所有的人的名字。
    大衛有如此多的女朋友,以至於他無法記得他們所有的人的名字。
    dà wèi yǒu rú cǐ duō de nǚ péng you , yǐ zhì yú tā wú fǎ jì de tā men suǒ yǒu de rén de míng zi 。
    • David has so many girlfriends that he can't remember all of their names.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    杜大卫指,案件广受国际关注,已令香港声誉受损,令警队蒙羞,案情严重,判刑须具阻吓性,以维持公众对警队信心。
    杜大衛指,案件廣受國際關注,已令香港聲譽受損,令警隊蒙羞,案情嚴重,判刑須具阻嚇性,以維持公眾對警隊信心。
    dù dà wèi zhǐ , àn jiàn guǎng shòu guó jì guān zhù , yǐ lìng xiāng gǎng shēng yù shòu sǔn , lìng jǐng duì méng xiū , àn qíng yán zhòng , pàn xíng xū jù zǔ xià xìng , yǐ wéi chí gōng zhòng duì jǐng duì xìn xīn .
    • [Judge] Dufton stated that the case is followed widely and internationally, has damaged Hong Kong's reputation, and is a shame to the police force, [so] the case is serious in nature. A deterring sentencing must be adopted to maintain public trust to the police force.