尸羅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (尸羅)		尸	羅
simp. (尸罗)		尸	罗

Etymology

From Sanskrit शील (śīla).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīluō

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄌㄨㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīluō
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄌㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihluo
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-lo¹
    • Yale: shr̄-lwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shylhuo
    • Palladius: шило (šilo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syij la

Rime
Character	尸	羅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	式之切	魯何切
Baxter	syij	la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪ/	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕi/	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjɪ/	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕi/	/la/
Li Rong	/ɕi/	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/ɕi/	/lɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi/	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1	lo4

Noun

尸羅

1. (Buddhism) ethical regulations; precepts.

   Synonym: 戒 (jiè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (尸羅):

• → Japanese: 尸(し)羅(ら) (shira)
• → Korean: 시라(尸羅) (sira)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “尸羅” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].