甘露

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Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	to show; to reveal; to expose to show; to reveal; to expose; dew
trad. (甘露)		甘	露
simp. ^#(甘露)		甘	露

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gānlù

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ lou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâm-lu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kam-lō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gānlù
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ganlù
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹-lu⁴
  - Yale: gān-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganluh
  - Palladius: ганьлу (ganʹlu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ lou⁶
  - Yale: gām louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ lou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm-lu
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˊ lu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gam¹ lu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: kam-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kamlo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kam³³ lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/

Etymology 1

Translation of Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal”). Tibetan equivalent is བདུད་རྩི (bdud rtsi).

Noun

甘露

(Buddhism) amrita
(mythology) immortality potion
sweet dew
honeydew (sweet, sticky secretion by aphids); nectar

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (甘露):

→ Japanese: 甘(かん)露(ろ) (kanro)
→ Korean: 감로(甘露) (gamno)
→ Vietnamese: cam lộ, cam lồ (甘露)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “甘露” in 佛學大辭典 .

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English Kamloops.

Proper noun

甘露

(Hong Kong, Taiwan) Kamloops (a city in British Columbia, Canada)

Synonyms

(Mainland China) 坎盧普斯／坎卢普斯 (Kǎnlúpǔsī)
(Cantonese) 錦碌／锦碌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
甘	露
かん Grade: S	ろ Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'on

Noun

甘(かん)露(ろ) • (kanro)

(Hindu mythology) amrita
(Buddhism, figurative) (by extension) Buddha's teachings
(Chinese mythology) a heaven-bestowed elixir of immortality
something sweet; a sweetness
honeydew, nectar
high-grade sencha
Clipping of 甘露種 (kanroshu, “a kind of sweet wine”)
Clipping of 甘露水 (kanrosui, “sweetened water”)

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