悲願

Chinese

		sad; sadness; sorrow sad; sadness; sorrow; grief	hope; wish; desire hope; wish; desire; ready; willing
trad. (悲願)		悲	願
simp. (悲愿)		悲	愿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēiyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄩㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēiyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beiyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-yüan⁴
    • Yale: bēi-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beiyuann
    • Palladius: бэйюань (bɛjjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/

Noun

悲願

1. (Buddhism) merciful wish (of a bodhisattva); cherished desire

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悲	願
ひ Grade: 3	がん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

悲(ひ)願(がん) • (higan) 

1. earnest wish

   死刑廃止(しけい)は彼(いしはかれ)の悲願(ひがん)だった。

   Shikei haishi wa kare no higan datta.

   The abolishment of the death penalty was one of his long held wishes.

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.