唵嘛呢叭咪吽

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (唵嘛呢叭咪吽)		唵	嘛呢	叭咪	吽
simp. #(唵嘛呢叭咪吽)		唵	嘛呢	叭咪	吽

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ॐ मणिपद्मे हूं (oṃ maṇipadme hūṃ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎn mānī bēimēi hōng, ōng mānī bēimēi hōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˇ ㄇㄚ ㄋㄧ ㄅㄟ ㄇㄟ ㄏㄨㄥ, ㄛㄫ ㄇㄚ ㄋㄧ ㄅㄟ ㄇㄟ ㄏㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎn mānī bēimēi hōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˇ ㄇㄚ ㄋㄧ ㄅㄟ ㄇㄟ ㄏㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎn mani beimei hong
    • Wade–Giles: an³ ma¹-ni¹ pei¹-mei¹ hung¹
    • Yale: ǎn mā-nī bēi-mēi hūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aan mhanhi beimhei hong
    • Palladius: ань мани бэймэй хун (anʹ mani bɛjmɛj xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän²¹⁴⁻²¹ mä⁵⁵ ni⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵ meɪ̯⁵⁵ xʊŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ōng mānī bēimēi hōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄛㄫ ㄇㄚ ㄋㄧ ㄅㄟ ㄇㄟ ㄏㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ong mani beimei hong
    • Wade–Giles: ung¹ ma¹-ni¹ pei¹-mei¹ hung¹
    • Yale: ūng mā-nī bēi-mēi hūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ong mhanhi beimhei hong
    • Palladius: ун мани бэймэй хун (un mani bɛjmɛj xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀʊŋ⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵ ni⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵ meɪ̯⁵⁵ xʊŋ⁵⁵/

Phrase

唵嘛呢叭咪吽

1. (Buddhism) om mani padme hum (mantra)

Derived terms

• 嘛呢石 (mānīshí, “mani stone”)