頓悟

Chinese

		a time; jerk; stop a time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating)	comprehend
trad. (頓悟)		頓	悟
simp. (顿悟)		顿	悟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dùnwù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): deon⁶ ng⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tùn-gō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dùnwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dùnwù
  - Wade–Giles: tun⁴-wu⁴
  - Yale: dwùn-wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duennwuh
  - Palladius: дуньу (dunʹu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: deon⁶ ng⁶
  - Yale: deuhn ngh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doen⁶ ng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dên⁶ ng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵn²² ŋ̍²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùn-gō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tùn-gōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: duon'go
  - IPA (Taipei): /tun¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tun²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡɔ³³/

Verb

頓悟

to come to a sudden realization; to have an epiphany
(Buddhism) to attain enlightenment

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頓悟):

→ Japanese: 頓(とん)悟(ご) (tongo)
→ Korean: 돈오(頓悟) (dono)
→ Vietnamese: đốn ngộ (頓悟)

References

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “頓悟” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頓	悟
とん Grade: S	ご Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'on

Noun

頓(とん)悟(ご) • (tongo)

(Buddhism) sudden enlightenment