密教

Chinese

		secret; confidential; close secret; confidential; close; thick; dense	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (密教)		密	教
simp. #(密教)		密	教

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mìjiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ gaau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mìjiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mìjiào
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴-chiao⁴
    • Yale: mì-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihjiaw
    • Palladius: мицзяо (miczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ gaau³
    • Yale: maht gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² kaːu̯³³/

Noun

密教

1. (Buddhism) esoteric Buddhism.

   Synonym: 密宗 (mìzōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
密	教
みつ > みっ Grade: 6	きょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

密 (mitsu, “secret”) +‎ 教 (kyō, “religion”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) み​っきょー [míꜜkkyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) みっきょー [mìkkyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲik̚ʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

密(みっ)教(きょう) • (mikkyō) ^{←みっけう (mikkeu)?}

1. esoteric Buddhism