不二

Chinese

		not; no	two
simp. and trad. (不二)		不	二

Etymology

nonduality

Calque of Sanskrit अद्वय (advaya).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù'èr

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄦˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ji⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-jī / put-lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bù'èr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄦˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bù-èr
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-êrh⁴
    • Yale: bù-èr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buell
    • Palladius: буэр (buer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ji⁶
    • Yale: bāt yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-jī
    • Tâi-lô: put-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putji
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ zi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-lī
    • Tâi-lô: put-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putli
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ li³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ li²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁴¹/

Adjective

不二

1. the same
2. faithful; single-minded

Noun

不二

1. nonduality

Derived terms

• 不三不二
• 不二不異／不二不异
• 不二之法
• 不二之選／不二之选 (bù'èrzhīxuǎn)
• 不二價／不二价 (bù'èrjià)
• 不二心
• 不二法門／不二法门 (bù'èrfǎmén)
• 不二論／不二论 (bù'èrlùn)
• 不二門／不二门
• 劃一不二／划一不二
• 善惡不二／善恶不二
• 市不二價／市不二价
• 有空不二
• 說一不二／说一不二 (shuyībù'èr)
• 誓死不二 (shìsǐ bù'èr)
• 食不二味

 

References

• Advaita Vedanta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 不二論／不二论 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “不二” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	二
ふ Grade: 4	じ Grade: 1

Noun

不(ふ)二(じ) • (fuji) 

1. being two sides of the same coin

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
不	二

Noun

不二

1. chữ Hán form of bất nhị (“nondualism”).