梵貝

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Chinese

		Brahma; Sanskrit	cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish
trad. (梵貝)		梵	貝
simp. (梵贝)		梵	贝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fànbèi, fánbèi

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄅㄟˋ, ㄈㄢˊ ㄅㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fànbèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄅㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fànbèi
  - Wade–Giles: fan⁴-pei⁴
  - Yale: fàn-bèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannbey
  - Palladius: фаньбэй (fanʹbɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fánbèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄅㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fánbèi
  - Wade–Giles: fan²-pei⁴
  - Yale: fán-bèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnbey
  - Palladius: фаньбэй (fanʹbɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

梵貝

(Buddhism) Short for 梵冊貝葉／梵册贝叶 (“Buddhist scriptures”).
(Buddhism) Alternative term for 法螺 (fǎluó, “conch shell used as a Buddhist trumpet”).

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