月光菩薩

Chinese

		moonlight; moon	bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person
trad. (月光菩薩)		月光	菩薩
simp. (月光菩萨)		月光	菩萨

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit चन्द्रप्रभ (candraprabha, literally “moon light”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuèguāng Púsà

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuèguāng Púsà
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuèguang Púsà
    • Wade–Giles: Yüeh⁴-kuang¹ Pʻu²-sa⁴
    • Yale: Ywè-gwāng Pú-sà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuehguang Pwusah
    • Palladius: Юэгуан Пуса (Jueguan Pusa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pʰu³⁵ sä⁵¹/

Proper noun

月光菩薩

1. (Buddhism) Candraprabha bodhisattva

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “月光菩薩” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].