能仁
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Chinese
ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able |
humane; kernel | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (能仁) | 能 | 仁 | |
| simp. #(能仁) | 能 | 仁 | |
Etymology
- Śākyamuni
Calque of Sanskrit शाक्यमुनि (Śākyamuni, “sage of the Śākyas”), where शाक्य (Śākya) is read as a derivation of शक् (śak, “capable, to be able”). Displaced by the transliteration 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní) in later translations.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Néngrén
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Néngrén
- Wade–Giles: Nêng2-jên2
- Yale: Néng-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nengren
- Palladius: Нэнжэнь (Nɛnžɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nɤŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
能仁
- (～鄉) Nengren (a township in Dingyuan, Chuzhou, Anhui, China)
- (Buddhism, archaic, obsolete) Śākyamuni; Gautama Buddha
Further reading
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922),
“能仁” in 佛學大辭典 .
