沙彌
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (沙彌) | 沙 | 彌 | |
| simp. (沙弥) | 沙 | 弥 | |
Etymology
From Tocharian (Ji, 1998v12), in turn from Middle Indo-Aryan; cf. Tocharian A ṣāmner, Tocharian B ṣanmire or its variant form ṣarmire (Adams, 2013). Cognate to Niya Prakrit 𐨮𐨨𐨣𐨅𐨪 (ṣamanera), 𐨮𐨨𐨎𐨣𐨅𐨪 (ṣamaṃnera) or the partially Sanskritized form 𐨭𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨣𐨅𐨪 (śramanera), Pali sāmaṇera, and Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit श्रामणेर (śrāmaṇera), which is itself possibly a back-formation from Prakrit. One Tibetan equivalent is གྲྭ་ཆུང (grwa chung).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sa-bi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shāmí
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄇㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shamí
- Wade–Giles: sha1-mi2
- Yale: shā-mí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shami
- Palladius: шами (šami)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂä⁵⁵ mi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saa1 mei4 / saa1 nei4
- Yale: sā mèih / sā nèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: saa1 mei4 / saa1 nei4
- Guangdong Romanization: sa1 méi4 / sa1 néi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /saː⁵⁵ mei̯²¹/, /saː⁵⁵ nei̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: sa4 mi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sa²¹ ᵐbi²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-bi
- Tâi-lô: sa-bi
- Phofsit Daibuun: sa'by
- IPA (Xiamen): /sa⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³ bi³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sa⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: srae mjie
Noun
沙彌
Descendants
- Other