波羅夷

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Chinese

phonetic
trad. (波羅夷)
simp. (波罗夷)
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Etymology

From Sanskrit पाराजिक (pārājika).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (37) (36)
Final () (95) (94) (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open Open
Division () I I III
Fanqie
Baxter pa la yij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/puɑ/ /lɑ/ /jiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/puɑ/ /lɑ/ /ji/
Shao
Rongfen
/puɑ/ /lɑ/ /jɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pwa/ /la/ /ji/
Li
Rong
/puɑ/ /lɑ/ /i/
Wang
Li
/puɑ/ /lɑ/ /ji/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/puɑ/ /lɑ/ /i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
luó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bo1 lo4 ji4

Noun

波羅夷

  1. (Buddhism) a major violation of the monastic precepts
    Synonym: 重罪 (zhòngzuì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (波羅夷):

Further reading