心法

Chinese

		heart; mind	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (心法)		心	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-fa³
    • Yale: syīn-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinfaa
    • Palladius: синьфа (sinʹfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ faat³
    • Yale: sām faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ faːt̚³/

Noun

心法

1. (Buddhism) "dharma of mind"; one of the five groups of dharmas used in the Abhidharmakośa-bhāsya system.
2. Verbal communication of ideas between teachers and students, without the use of written scriptures.

Related terms

• 色法

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (心法):

• → Japanese: 心法(しんぼう) (shinbō); 心法(しんぽう) (shinpō)