辟支佛

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Chinese

		phonetic	Buddha; Buddhism
simp. and trad. (辟支佛)		辟支	佛

Wikipedia has articles on:

辟支佛 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Pratyekabuddha (English)

Etymology

Phonetic borrowing from Sanskrit प्रत्येक बुद्ध (pratyeka buddha) > Pali pacceka buddha.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìzhīfó, pìzhīfó

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄈㄛˊ, ㄆㄧˋ ㄓㄈㄛˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìzhīfó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄈㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìjhihfó
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-chih¹-fo²
  - Yale: bì-jr̄-fwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihjyfor
  - Palladius: бичжифо (bičžifo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ fu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pìzhīfó
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ ㄓㄈㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pìjhihfó
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴-chih¹-fo²
  - Yale: pì-jr̄-fwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pihjyfor
  - Palladius: пичжифо (pičžifo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ fu̯ɔ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: bjiek tsye bjut

Rime
Character	辟	支	佛
Reading #	1/3	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	章 (23)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	支 (11)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	房益切	章移切	符弗切
Baxter	bjiek	tsye	bjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇk̚/	/t͡ɕiᴇ/	/bɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛk̚/	/t͡ɕiɛ/	/biut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biæk̚/	/t͡ɕjɛ/	/biuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biajk̚/	/ciə̆/	/but̚/
Li Rong	/biɛk̚/	/t͡ɕie/	/biuət̚/
Wang Li	/bĭɛk̚/	/t͡ɕǐe/	/bĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛk̚/	/t͡ɕie̯/	/bʱi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bí	zhī	fú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bik⁶	zi¹	fat⁶

Noun

辟支佛

(Buddhism) Pratyekabuddha (an enlightened being whose path to enlightenment lies outside the Buddhist tradition or community; one who becomes enlightened without the teachings of the Buddha)
- 所謂辟支佛出現世間甚為難得；如來弟子漏盡阿羅漢出現世間甚為難得。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  所谓辟支佛出现世间甚为难得；如来弟子漏尽阿罗汉出现世间甚为难得。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Gautama Saṅghadeva, translator, c. late 4th century. Ekottara Āgama (增壹阿含經). Based on the English translation by Thích Huyền-Vi, Bhikkhu Pāsādika, and Sara Boin-Webb.^[1]^[2]
  Suǒwèi pìzhīfó chūxiàn shìjiān shènwéi nándé; Rúlái dìzǐ lòujìn āluóhàn chūxiàn shìjiān shènwéi nándé.
  It is extremely rare for a Pratyekabuddha and for a completely passion-free disciple of the Tathāgata, for an Arhat, to appear in the world.

References

^ CBETA (2020 April 20 (last accessed)) T0125 增壹阿含經‎ (in Chinese)
^ Thích Huyền-Vi, Bhikkhu Pāsādika, Sara Boin-Webb, transl. (1994), “Ekottarāgama (XVI)”, in Buddhist Studies Review, volume 11, number 1, page 51

Further reading

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

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