| 泰西大儒 |
Tài xī dà rú |
Great European Scholar (honorific title of Matteo Ricci) |
| 泰 |
Tài |
Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong / abbr. for Thailand |
| 泰 |
tài |
safe / peaceful / most / grand |
| 泰西 |
Tài xī |
(old) the West; the Occident |
| 西 |
Xī |
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish |
| 西 |
xī |
west |
| 西大 |
Xī dà |
(Internet slang) the United States (contrasted with China 东大) / (informal) abbreviation for certain university names, esp. 西南大学 and 西北大学 |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 儒 |
rú |
scholar / Confucian |