偈頌

Chinese

		forceful; martial; Buddhist hymn forceful; martial; Buddhist hymn; gatha; Buddhist verse	to praise
trad. (偈頌)		偈	頌
simp. (偈颂)		偈	颂

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गाथा (gāthā, “verse”) 偈陀 + native Chinese 頌 (“praise”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìsòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai⁶ zung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìsòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìsòng
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-sung⁴
    • Yale: jì-sùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihsonq
    • Palladius: цзисун (czisun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ sʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai⁶ zung⁶
    • Yale: gaih juhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai⁶ dzung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei⁶ zung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯²² t͡sʊŋ²²/

Noun

偈頌

1. (Buddhism) hymn, the metrical part of a sūtra