灌頂
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Chinese
| irrigate; pour | go against; most; peak go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat") | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (灌頂) | 灌 | 頂 | |
| simp. (灌顶) | 灌 | 顶 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guàndǐng
- Wade–Giles: kuan4-ting3
- Yale: gwàn-dǐng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanndiing
- Palladius: гуаньдин (guanʹdin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯än⁵¹ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gun3 ding2
- Yale: gun díng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gun3 ding2
- Guangdong Romanization: gun3 ding2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuːn³³ tɪŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
灌頂
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922),
“灌頂” in 佛學大辭典 .
