法喜

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	to be fond of; to like; to enjoy to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
simp. and trad. (法喜)		法	喜
Literally: “Dharma joy”.

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit धर्मप्रीति (dharmaprīti), from धर्म (dharma) +‎ प्रीति (prīti).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎxǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄒㄧˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎxǐ [Phonetic: fáxǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄒㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎsǐ
  - Wade–Giles: fa³-hsi³
  - Yale: fǎ-syǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faashii
  - Palladius: фаси (fasi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Middle Chinese: pjop xiX

Rime
Character	法	喜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	乏 (148)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方乏切	虚里切
Baxter	pjop	xiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨɐp̚/	/hɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/piɐp̚/	/hɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/piɐp̚/	/xie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puap̚/	/hɨ^X/
Li Rong	/piɐp̚/	/xiə^X/
Wang Li	/pĭwɐp̚/	/xĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯wɐp̚/	/xi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fa	xǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faat³	hei²

Noun

法喜

(Buddhism) joy obtained from observing Buddhist moral codes or listening to the dharma