牽藏

Chinese

	lead along	storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate
trad. (牽藏)	牽	藏
simp. (牵藏)	牵	藏
alternative forms	牽狀／牵状牽𰹬／牵𰹬

Etymology

See 轉藏／转藏 (zhuànzàng).

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khan-chn̄g

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-chn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: khan-tsn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qanzng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sŋ̍²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ t͡sŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sŋ̍³³/

Verb

牽藏

(Hokkien, Taoism) to turn round a model of a prayer wheel (while conducting a specific funeral rite)

Usage notes

Prototypically, the ritual of khan-chn̄g was conducted to save the soul of a woman who died due to giving birth, but among Hokkien communities, it is also conducted in other cases of unnatural death (usually blood loss-related, drowning-related, or fire-related).

Derived terms

牽水藏 / 牵水藏
牽轉藏 / 牵转藏