兜率天

Chinese

		Tushita	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (兜率天)		兜率	天

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तुषित (tuṣita) + Chinese 天 (tiān, “heaven”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dōushuàitiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡ ㄕㄨㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dōushuàitiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡ ㄕㄨㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Doushuàitian
    • Wade–Giles: Tou¹-shuai⁴-tʻien¹
    • Yale: Dōu-shwài-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Doushuaytian
    • Palladius: Доушуайтянь (Doušuajtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tuw srwit then

Rime
Character	兜	率	天
Reading #	1/1	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	生 (21)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	諄 (52)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III	IV
Fanqie	當侯切	所律切	他前切
Baxter	tuw	srwit	then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/təu/	/ʃiuɪt̚/	/tʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/təu/	/ʃʷit̚/	/tʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/təu/	/ʃjuet̚/	/tʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təw/	/ʂwit̚/	/tʰɛn/
Li Rong	/tu/	/ʃiuĕt̚/	/tʰen/
Wang Li	/təu/	/ʃĭuĕt̚/	/tʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/tə̯u/	/ʂi̯uĕt̚/	/tʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dōu	shuai	tiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dau1	seot1	tin1

Proper noun

兜率天

1. (Buddhism) Tushita (fourth of the six heavens in the Realm of Desire)

   Synonyms: 兜率 (Dōushuài), 兜率陀天, 率陀天

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (兜率天):

• → Japanese: 兜(と)率(そつ)天(てん) (tosotsuten)
• → Korean: 도솔천(兜率天) (dosolcheon)