寺院

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Chinese

		Buddhist temple	courtyard; institution
trad. (寺院)		寺	院
simp. ^#(寺院)		寺	院

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìyuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jyun^6-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sī-īⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìyuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhyuàn
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-yüan⁴
  - Yale: sz̀-ywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyuann
  - Palladius: сыюань (syjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ jyun^6-2
  - Yale: jih yún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jyn^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yun^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jyːn²²⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-īⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sī-īnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: six'vi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si²²⁻²¹ ĩ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁴¹⁻²² ĩ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ ĩ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /si³³⁻¹¹ ĩ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ ĩ³³/

Noun

寺院

Synonyms

(Buddhist temple): 禪房／禅房 (chánfáng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (寺院):

→ Japanese: 寺(じ)院(いん) (jīn)
→ Korean: 사원(寺院) (sawon)
→ Vietnamese: tự viện (寺院)

See also

修道院 (xiūdàoyuàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寺	院
じ Grade: 2	いん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じいん (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key):

Noun

寺(じ)院(いん) • (jiin) ^{←じゐん (ziwin)^?}

Buddhist temple, wat

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
寺	院

Noun

寺院 • (sawon) (hangeul 사원)

hanja form^? of 사원 (“temple”)

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