毗濕奴

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (毗濕奴/毗溼奴)		毗	濕/溼	奴
simp. (毗湿奴)		毗	湿	奴

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Píshīnú

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄕㄋㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ sap¹ nou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Píshīnú
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄕㄋㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Píshihnú
  - Wade–Giles: Pʻi²-shih¹-nu²
  - Yale: Pí-shr̄-nú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pyishynu
  - Palladius: Пишину (Pišinu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ nu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pei⁴ sap¹ nou⁴
  - Yale: pèih sāp nòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ sap⁷ nou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ seb¹ nou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ sɐp̚⁵ nou̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: bjij syip nu

Rime
Character	毗	濕	奴
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	書 (26)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	緝 (141)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	房脂切	失入切	乃都切
Baxter	bjij	syip	nu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪ/	/ɕiɪp̚/	/nuo/
Pan Wuyun	/bi/	/ɕip̚/	/nuo/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪ/	/ɕjep̚/	/no/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bi/	/ɕip̚/	/nɔ/
Li Rong	/bi/	/ɕiəp̚/	/no/
Wang Li	/bi/	/ɕĭĕp̚/	/nu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi/	/ɕi̯əp̚/	/nuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí	shi	nú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei⁴	sap¹	nou⁴

Proper noun

毗濕奴

(Hinduism) Vishnu