三身
Chinese
editthree | body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit | ||
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trad. (三身) | 三 | 身 | |
simp. #(三身) | 三 | 身 |
Etymology
editCalque of Sanskrit त्रिकाय (trikāya, “three bodies”). The Tibetan equivalent is སྐུ་གསུམ (sku gsum).
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄕㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sanshen
- Wade–Giles: san1-shên1
- Yale: sān-shēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanshen
- Palladius: саньшэнь (sanʹšɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sän⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saam1 san1
- Yale: sāam sān
- Cantonese Pinyin: saam1 san1
- Guangdong Romanization: sam1 sen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːm⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
edit三身
Hyponyms
editDescendants
editSino-Xenic (三身):
Further reading
edit- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “三身” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].