正念

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	to miss; to think of; to read to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty
trad. (正念)		正	念
simp. #(正念)		正	念

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngniàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngniàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngniàn
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-nien⁴
    • Yale: jèng-nyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqniann
    • Palladius: чжэннянь (čžɛnnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛn⁵¹/

Noun

正念

1. mindfulness

   發正念／发正念  ―  fāzhèngniàn  ―  Launching or sending rightful thoughts (a meditation exercise practiced in Falun Gong)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (正念):

• → Japanese: 正念(しょうねん) (shōnen)
• → Korean: 정념(正念) (jeongnyeom), 정염(正念) (jeong'yeom)

Further reading

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	念
しょう Grade: 1	ねん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

/syaunen/ > /syoːnen/, [ɕoːnen]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

正(しょう)念(ねん) • (shōnen) ^{←しやうねん (syaunen)?}

1. the seventh part of the Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhism; right mindfulness
2. calm, peaceful thoughts

Derived terms

• 正念場(しょうねんば) (shōnenba)