濕婆

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (濕婆/溼婆)		濕/溼	婆
simp. (湿婆)		湿	婆

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिव (śiva).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shīpó

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap¹ po⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shīpó
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shihpó
    • Wade–Giles: Shih¹-pʻo²
    • Yale: Shr̄-pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shypor
    • Palladius: Шипо (Šipo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap¹ po⁴
    • Yale: sāp pòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁷ po⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb¹ po⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚⁵ pʰɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: syip ba

Rime
Character	濕	婆
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	緝 (141)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	失入切	薄波切
Baxter	syip	ba
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪp̚/	/buɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕip̚/	/buɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjep̚/	/buɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕip̚/	/bwa/
Li Rong	/ɕiəp̚/	/buɑ/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕp̚/	/buɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əp̚/	/bʱuɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi	pó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sap1	po4

Proper noun

濕婆

1. (Hinduism) Shiva

   Synonym: 大黑天 (dàhēitiān)