我聞如是

Chinese

		I; me	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	like this; so; such
trad. (我聞如是)		我	聞	如是
simp. (我闻如是)		我	闻	如是

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit एवं मया श्रुतम् (evaṃ mayā śrutam). The syntax of this translation directly reflects Chinese grammatical conventions as opposed to the more commonly used 如是我聞／如是我闻 (rúshìwǒwén), which reflects the original Sanskrit syntax.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǒwénrúshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁵ man⁴ jyu⁴ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngó͘-bûn-jû-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǒwénrúshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǒwúnrúshìh
    • Wade–Giles: wo³-wên²-ju²-shih⁴
    • Yale: wǒ-wén-rú-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woowenrushyh
    • Palladius: вовэньжуши (vovɛnʹžuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ ʐu³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁵ man⁴ jyu⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: ngóh màhn yùh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁵ man⁴ jy⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁵ men⁴ yu⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː¹³ mɐn²¹ jyː²¹ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-bûn-jû-sī
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-bûn-jû-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofbunjusi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³⁻³³ zu²³⁻³³ si³³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaX mjun nyo dzyeX

Rime
Character	我	聞	如	是
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	明 (4)	日 (38)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	文 (59)	魚 (22)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	III	III
Fanqie	五可切	無分切	人諸切	承紙切
Baxter	ngaX	mjun	nyo	dzyeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑX/	/mɨun/	/ȵɨʌ/	/d͡ʑiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑX/	/miun/	/ȵiɔ/	/d͡ʑiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑX/	/miuən/	/ȵʑiɔ/	/d͡ʑjɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaX/	/mun/	/ȵɨə̆/	/d͡ʑiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ŋɑX/	/miuən/	/ȵiɔ/	/ʑieX/
Wang Li	/ŋɑX/	/mĭuən/	/ȵʑĭo/	/ʑǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑX/	/mi̯uən/	/ȵʑi̯wo/	/ʑie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ě	wén	rú	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngo5	man4	jyu4	si6

Phrase

我聞如是

1. (Buddhism) Thus have I heard... (a common opening of Buddhist texts)