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皈依
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See also: 帰依
Chinese
Etymology
Calque of Sanskrit शरणम् गच्छामि (śaraṇam gacchāmi, “to go to a refuge”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai1 ji1
- Gan (Wiktionary): gui1 i1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûi-yî
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kui-i
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: guīyī
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gueiyi
- Wade–Giles: kuei1-i1
- Yale: gwēi-yī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueii
- Palladius: гуйи (guji)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: gui1 yi1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guij
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuei⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwai1 ji1
- Yale: gwāi yī
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwai1 ji1
- Guangdong Romanization: guei1 yi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: gui1 i1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kui⁴² i⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûi-yî
- Hakka Romanization System: guiˊ iˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: gui1 yi1
- Sinological IPA: /ku̯i²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûi-yî
- Hakka Romanization System: guiˊ (r)iˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: gui1 yi1
- Sinological IPA: /ku̯i²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i²⁴/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: kjw+j 'j+j
Verb
皈依
- (Buddhism, intransitive) to become a Buddhist
- 皈依三寶/皈依三宝 ― guīyī sānbǎo ― to take refuge with the Triple Gem
- 皈依佛門/皈依佛门 ― guīyī fómén ― to follow the Buddhist path
- 那郡侯磕頭禮拜,誓願皈依。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16th century CE
- Nà jùnhóu kētóu lǐbài, shìyuàn guīyī. [Pinyin]
- That commandery marquess kowtowed in obeisance, vowing to become a Buddhist.
那郡侯磕头礼拜,誓愿皈依。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
- (transitive) to convert to (a religion)
- 皈依天主教 ― guīyī tiānzhǔjiào ― to convert to Catholicism
Derived terms
- 皈依者 (guīyīzhě)
Descendants
Further reading
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922),
“皈依” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
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Vietnamese
Noun
皈依
- chữ Hán form of quy y (“taking refuge”)
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