八正道

Chinese

		eight	official road; main track; right way official road; main track; right way; correct path; normal course of action
trad. (八正道)		八	正道
simp. #(八正道)		八	正道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāzhèngdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ zing³ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzhèngdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bajhèngdào
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-chêng⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: bā-jèng-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bajenqdaw
    • Palladius: бачжэндао (bačžɛndao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ zing³ dou⁶
    • Yale: baat jing douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ dzing³ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ jing³ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ t͡sɪŋ³³ tou̯²²/

Proper noun

八正道

1. (Buddhism) noble eightfold path

   Synonym: 八聖道／八圣道

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (八正道):

• → Japanese: 八正道(はっしょうどう) (hasshōdō)
• → Korean: 팔정도(八正道) (paljeongdo)
• → Vietnamese: bát chính đạo (八正道)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “八正道” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	正	道
はち > はっ Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 1	どう Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
八聖道

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はっしょ​ーどー [hàsshóꜜòdòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɕːo̞ːdo̞ː]

Proper noun

八(はっ)正(しょう)道(どう) • (Hasshōdō) ^{←はつしやうだう (fatusyaudau)?}

1. (Buddhism) the noble eightfold path

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
八	正	道

Noun

八正道

1. chữ Hán form of bát chính đạo (“noble eightfold path”).