不二
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Chinese
| not; no | two | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (不二) |
不 | 二 | |
Etymology
- nonduality
Calque of Sanskrit अद्वय (advaya).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄦˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bù-èr
- Wade–Giles: pu4-êrh4
- Yale: bù-èr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buell
- Palladius: буэр (buer)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 ji6
- Yale: bāt yih
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 ji6
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 yi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Adjective
不二
- the same
- faithful; single-minded
Noun
不二
Derived terms
References
Advaita Vedanta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - 不二論／不二论 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
Further reading
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922),
“不二” in 佛學大辭典 .
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 不 | 二 |
| ふ Grade: 4 |
じ Grade: 1 |
Noun
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 不 | 二 |
Noun
不二
- chữ Hán form of bất nhị (“nondualism”).