菩薩戒

Chinese

		bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person	swear off; warn against
trad. (菩薩戒)		菩薩	戒
simp. (菩萨戒)		菩萨	戒

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व शील (bodhisattva śīla).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Púsà jiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Púsà jiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Púsà jiè
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻu²-sa⁴ chieh⁴
    • Yale: Pú-sà jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pwusah jieh
    • Palladius: Пуса цзе (Pusa cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ sä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bu|bojX|bjuwX|bok sat keajH

Rime
Character	菩	菩	菩	菩	薩	戒
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)	並 (3)	並 (3)	心 (16)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	咍 (41)	尤 (136)	德 (131)	曷 (63)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III	I	I	II
Fanqie	薄胡切	薄亥切	房久切	蒲北切	桑割切	古拜切
Baxter	bu	bojX	bjuwX	bok	sat	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buo/	/bʌiX/	/bɨuX/	/bək̚/	/sɑt̚/	/kˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/buo/	/bəiX/	/biuX/	/bək̚/	/sɑt̚/	/kᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/bo/	/bɒiX/	/biəuX/	/bək̚/	/sɑt̚/	/kɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔ/	/bəjX/	/buwX/	/bək̚/	/sat̚/	/kəɨjH/
Li Rong	/bo/	/bᴀiX/	/biuX/	/bək̚/	/sɑt̚/	/kɛiH/
Wang Li	/bu/	/bɒiX/	/bĭəuX/	/bək̚/	/sɑt̚/	/kɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuo/	/bʱɑ̆iX/	/bʱi̯ə̯uX/	/bʱək̚/	/sɑt̚/	/kăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pú	bài	fòu	bó	sa	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou4	boi6	fau6	bak6	saat3	gaai3

Proper noun

菩薩戒

1. Bodhisattva precepts

Further reading

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