道場
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Chinese
direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk |
courtyard; open space; place courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (道場) | 道 | 場 | |
| simp. (道场) | 道 | 场 | |
Etymology
Calque of Sanskrit बोधिमण्ड (bodhimaṇḍa, “seat of wisdom”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄤˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàochǎng
- Wade–Giles: tao4-chʻang3
- Yale: dàu-chǎng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawchaang
- Palladius: даочан (daočan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
到場 / 到场
道場 / 道场
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàocháng
- Wade–Giles: tao4-chʻang2
- Yale: dàu-cháng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawcharng
- Palladius: даочан (daočan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
- Homophones:
到場 / 到场
道場 / 道场
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dou6 coeng4
- Yale: douh chèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dou6 tsoeng4
- Guangdong Romanization: dou6 cêng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tou̯²² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-tiûⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tō-tiûnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: doixdviuu
- IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ tiũ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ tiũ²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
道場
- (religion) site where Buddhist or Taoist rites are conducted
- (religion) such rites
- (religion) territorial division where Yiguandao rites were conducted
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 做道場 / 做道场 (zuòdàochǎng)
- 內道場 / 内道场
- 水陸道場 / 水陆道场 (shuǐlù dàochǎng)
- 沒酒沒漿，做甚麼道場 / 没酒没浆，做甚么道场
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 道 | 場 |
| どう Grade: 2 |
じょう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
/daudiau/ → /dɔːd͡ʑɔː/ → /doːʑoː/
From Middle Chinese 道場 (MC dawX drjang, literally “way + place”), itself originally a translation of Sanskrit बोधिमण्ड (bodhimaṇḍa, “seat of wisdom”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
- (martial arts) dojo, training hall (place where martial arts are practiced)
- (Buddhism) Short for 菩提道場 (bodai-dōjō):
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ “道場”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →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
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 道 | 場 |
Noun
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 道 | 場 |
Noun
道場
- chữ Hán form of đạo trường (“dojo”).