喇嘛

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (喇嘛)		喇	嘛
simp. #(喇嘛)		喇	嘛

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᠯᠠᠮᠠ (lama), from Classical Mongolian ᠯᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ (lam-a) and ᠪᠯᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ (blam-a), from Classical Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎma

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˇ ˙ㄇㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laa¹ maa⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): la̍h-má

  (Teochew, Peng'im): la¹ ma¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎma
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ ˙ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎmå
    • Wade–Giles: la³-ma⁵
    • Yale: lǎ-ma
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laa.ma
    • Palladius: лама (lama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä²¹⁴ mä⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laa¹ maa⁴
    • Yale: lā màh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laa¹ maa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: la¹ ma⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laː⁵⁵ maː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-má
    • Tâi-lô: la̍h-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laqmar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ mã⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: la¹ ma¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: la ma
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /la³³⁻²³ ma³³/

Noun

喇嘛

1. (Buddhism) lama

Derived terms

• 喇嘛寺 (lǎmasì)
• 喇嘛廟／喇嘛庙 (lǎmamiào)
• 喇嘛教 (Lǎmajiào)
• 喇嘛臺／喇嘛台
• 大喇嘛
• 扎薩克喇嘛
• 扎薩克大喇嘛
• 燒喇嘛——站起來／烧喇嘛——站起来
• 班禪喇嘛／班禅喇嘛 (bānchán lǎma)
• 達賴喇嘛／达赖喇嘛 (dálài lǎma)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
喇	嘛
ら Hyōgai	ま Hyōgai
kan'yōon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ma̠]

Noun

喇(ら)嘛(ま) or 喇嘛(ラマ) • (rama) 

1. (Buddhism) lama

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
喇	嘛

Noun

喇嘛

1. chữ Hán form of lạt-ma (“(Buddhism) lama”).