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Chinese
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to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
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distribute (alms); to do; to execute distribute (alms); to do; to execute; to carry out
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trad. (布施/佈施)
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布/佈
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施
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simp. (布施)
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布
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施
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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布
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施
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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bù
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shī
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Middle Chinese
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‹ puH ›
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‹ sye ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pˁa-s/
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/*l̥aj/
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English
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cloth
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give, bestow
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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布
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施
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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No.
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3495
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14783
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Phonetic component
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父
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也
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Rime group
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魚
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歌
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Rime subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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䌳
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Old Chinese
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/*paːs/
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/*hljal/
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Verb
布施
- to give in the name of charity; to give to the poor; to distribute alms
- (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) to practice dana
Synonyms
- (to give in the name of charity):
- 散施 (sànshī) (literary)
- 施捨 / 施舍 (shīshě)
Noun
布施
- (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) dana
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
Calque of Sanskrit दान (dāna, “generosity, giving”). Compare 檀那 (danna).
Pronunciation
Noun
布施 • (fuse) ←ふせ (fuse)?
- (Buddhism) dana
Verb
布施する • (fuse suru) ←ふせす (fuse su)?suru (stem 布施し (fuse shi), past 布施した (fuse shita))
- (Buddhism) to practice dana
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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布施し
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ふせし
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fuse shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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布施し
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ふせし
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fuse shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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布施する
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ふせする
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fuse suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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布施する
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ふせする
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fuse suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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布施すれ
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ふせすれ
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fuse sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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布施せよ¹ 布施しろ²
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ふせせよ¹ ふせしろ²
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fuse seyo¹ fuse shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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布施される
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ふせされる
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fuse sareru
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Causative
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布施させる 布施さす
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ふせさせる ふせさす
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fuse saseru fuse sasu
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Potential
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布施できる
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ふせできる
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fuse dekiru
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Volitional
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布施しよう
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ふせしよう
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fuse shiyō
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Negative
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布施しない
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ふせしない
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fuse shinai
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Negative continuative
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布施せず
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ふせせず
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fuse sezu
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Formal
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布施します
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ふせします
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fuse shimasu
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Perfective
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布施した
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ふせした
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fuse shita
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Conjunctive
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布施して
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ふせして
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fuse shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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布施すれば
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ふせすれば
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fuse sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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Proper noun
布施 • (Fuse) ←ふせ (Fuse)?
- Fuse (multiple neighborhoods in Japan):
- A neighborhood of Minakami, Tone district, Gunma Prefecture.
- A neighborhood of Takatsuki, Ika district, Shiga Prefecture.
- The neighborhoods of Ōnan, Ōchi district and of Okinoshima, Oki district; in Shimane Prefecture.
- The neighborhoods of Abiko and Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture.
- A neighborhood of Himi, Toyama Prefecture.
- A neighborhood of Saku, Nagano Prefecture.
- A neighborhood of Chūō, Yamanashi Prefecture.
- A former city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan; now an area of western Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture.
- a surname
- 布施現之助
- Fuse Gennosuke
- Gennosuke Fuse, anatomist known for the Kölliker–Fuse nucleus
References