蒲團

See also: 蒲团 and 蒲団

Chinese

		calamus	regiment; round; circular regiment; round; circular; group; society
trad. (蒲團)		蒲	團
simp. (蒲团)		蒲	团

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pútuán

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴ tyun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pútuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pútuán
  - Wade–Giles: pʻu²-tʻuan²
  - Yale: pú-twán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwutwan
  - Palladius: путуань (putuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ tʰu̯än³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pou⁴ tyun⁴
  - Yale: pòuh tyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ tyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ tün⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹ tʰyːn²¹/

Noun

蒲團

round cushion used for sitting during meditation; hassock; zafu
- 居中放個蒲團，一位高年胡僧与塑的西番羅漢無二，盤膝打坐，雙眸緊閉，如入定之狀。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  居中放个蒲团，一位高年胡僧与塑的西番罗汉无二，盘膝打坐，双眸紧闭，如入定之状。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE
  Jūzhōng fàng ge pútuán, yīwèi gāonián hú sēng yǔ sù de xīfān luóhàn wú'èr, pánxī dǎzuò, shuāngmóu jǐnbì, rú rùdìng zhī zhuàng. [Pinyin]
  An elderly foreign-looking monk, the very image of the statue of a Western arhat, was sitting in a lotus position on a prayer mat in the middle of the room, eyes closed tightly, as if in meditation.

Synonyms

(Jin) 草撇子
(Northern Wu, Xiang) 蒲墩

Proper noun

蒲團

(～鄉) Putuan (a township in Huarong district, Ezhou, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蒲	團
ふ Jinmeiyō	とん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 蒲團 – see the following entry.

【蒲団ふとん】

[noun] round cushion used for Zen meditation

[noun] rectangular cushion for sitting on the floor

[noun] alternative form of 布団 (futon)

(This term, 蒲團, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)