業障

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Chinese

business; occupation; study to block; to hinder; to obstruct
trad. (業障)
simp. (业障)

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit कर्मावरण (karmāvaraṇa, karmic obstruction). The Tibetan equivalent is ལས་ཀྱི་སྒྲིབ་པ (las kyi sgrib pa).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (31) (23) (23)
Final () (147) (105) (105)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter ngjaep tsyang tsyangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨɐp̚/ /t͡ɕɨɐŋ/ /t͡ɕɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋiɐp̚/ /t͡ɕiɐŋ/ /t͡ɕiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiɐp̚/ /t͡ɕiɑŋ/ /t͡ɕiɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɨap̚/ /cɨaŋ/ /cɨaŋH/
Li
Rong
/ŋiap̚/ /t͡ɕiaŋ/ /t͡ɕiaŋH/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭɐp̚/ /t͡ɕĭaŋ/ /t͡ɕĭaŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯ɐp̚/ /t͡ɕi̯aŋ/ /t͡ɕi̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhāng zhàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jip6 zoeng1 zoeng3

Noun

業障

  1. (Buddhism) sin that detracts from one's good works; karmic hindrance
  2. (dated, derogatory, term of abuse said of one's inferiors) vile spawn