寶剎

Chinese

		a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious	to brake (car); Buddhist monastery or temple; a brief moment
trad. (寶剎)		寶	剎
simp. (宝刹)		宝	刹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎochà

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄔㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² saat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎochà
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄔㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎochà
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-chʻa⁴
    • Yale: bǎu-chà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baochah
    • Palladius: баоча (baoča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² saat³
    • Yale: bóu saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ saːt̚³/

Noun

寶剎

1. pagoda of a Buddhist temple
2. Buddhist temple
3. (honorific) your splendid temple

Synonyms

• (Buddhist temple):

• 佛寺 (fósì) (Buddhist temple)
• 宮廟／宫庙 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 寺
• 寺廟／寺庙 (sìmiào)
• 尪廟／尪庙 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 廟／庙 (miào)
• 廟宇／庙宇 (miàoyǔ)
• 廟寺／庙寺 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 梵宇 (fànyǔ) (literary, Buddhist temple)
• 禪寺／禅寺 (chánsì) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪寺／禅寺 (chánsì) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪房／禅房 (chánfáng) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪林／禅林 (chánlín) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪院／禅院 (chányuàn) (Buddhist temple)