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Chinese
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lead along
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storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate |
| trad. (牽藏)
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牽
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藏
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| simp. (牵藏)
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牵
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藏
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| alternative forms
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牽狀／牵状
牽𰹬／牵𰹬
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Etymology
See 轉藏／转藏 (zhuànzàng).
Pronunciation
Verb
牽藏
- (Hokkien, Taoism) to turn round a model of a prayer wheel (while conducting a specific funeral rite)
Usage notes
Prototypically, the ritual of khan-chn̄g was conducted to save the soul of a woman who died due to giving birth, but among Hokkien communities, it is also conducted in other cases of unnatural death (usually blood loss-related, drowning-related, or fire-related).
Derived terms
See also
- 招魂 (zhāohún)
- 牽亡／牵亡 (qiānwáng)
- (Hokkien) 引魂