石窟寺

Chinese

		rock cave; grotto; quarry	Buddhist temple
trad. (石窟寺)		石窟	寺
simp. #(石窟寺)		石窟	寺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíkūsì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄎㄨ ㄙˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíkūsì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄎㄨ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhkusìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-kʻu¹-ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-kū-sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrkusyh
    • Palladius: шикусы (šikusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ kʰu⁵⁵ sz̩⁵¹/

Noun

石窟寺

1. cave temple

Japanese

Kanji in this term
石	窟	寺
せき > せっ Grade: 1	くつ Grade: S	じ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 石窟(せっくつ) (sekkutsu, “rock cave”) + 寺(じ) (ji, “temple”)

Noun

石(せっ)窟(くつ)寺(じ) • (sekkutsuji) 

1. cave temple

   Synonym: 石窟寺院 (sekkutsujiin)