梵唄

See also: 梵呗

Chinese

		Brahma; Sanskrit	to chant
trad. (梵唄)		梵	唄
simp. (梵呗)		梵	呗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fànbài, fánbài

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄅㄞˋ, ㄈㄢˊ ㄅㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁶ baai⁶, faan⁴ baai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fànbài
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄅㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fànbài
    • Wade–Giles: fan⁴-pai⁴
    • Yale: fàn-bài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannbay
    • Palladius: фаньбай (fanʹbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánbài
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄅㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánbài
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-pai⁴
    • Yale: fán-bài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnbay
    • Palladius: фаньбай (fanʹbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁶ baai⁶, faan⁴ baai⁶
    • Yale: faahn baaih, fàahn baaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁶ baai⁶, faan⁴ baai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁶ bai⁶, fan⁴ bai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²² paːi̯²²/, /faːn²¹ paːi̯²²/

Noun

梵唄

1. (Buddhism) Buddhist chanting of prayers

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (梵唄):

• → Japanese: 梵唄(ぼんばい) (bonbai)
• → Korean: 범패(梵唄) (beompae)

Further reading

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