毗濕奴

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (毗濕奴/毗溼奴)		毗	濕/溼	奴
simp. (毗湿奴)		毗	湿	奴

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Píshīnú

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄕ ㄋㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ sap¹ nou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Píshīnú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄕ ㄋㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Píshihnú
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻi²-shih¹-nu²
    • Yale: Pí-shr̄-nú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pyishynu
    • Palladius: Пишину (Pišinu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ nu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴ sap¹ nou⁴
    • Yale: pèih sāp nòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ sap⁷ nou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ seb¹ nou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ sɐp̚⁵ nou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjij syip nu

Rime
Character	毗	濕	奴
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	書 (26)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	緝 (141)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	房脂切	失入切	乃都切
Baxter	bjij	syip	nu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪ/	/ɕiɪp̚/	/nuo/
Pan Wuyun	/bi/	/ɕip̚/	/nuo/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪ/	/ɕjep̚/	/no/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bi/	/ɕip̚/	/nɔ/
Li Rong	/bi/	/ɕiəp̚/	/no/
Wang Li	/bi/	/ɕĭĕp̚/	/nu/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi/	/ɕi̯əp̚/	/nuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí	shi	nú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei4	sap1	nou4

Proper noun

毗濕奴

1. (Hinduism) Vishnu