南無觀世音菩薩

Chinese

		to salute; to homage or to take refuge.	Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva
trad. (南無觀世音菩薩)		南無	觀世音菩薩
simp. (南无观世音菩萨)		南无	观世音菩萨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nāmó Guānshìyīn Púsà, Námó Guānshìyīn Púsà

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚ ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕˋ ㄧㄣ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ, ㄋㄚˊ ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕˋ ㄧㄣ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ mo⁴ gun¹ sai³ jam¹ pou⁴ saat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nāmó Guānshìyīn Púsà
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚ ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕˋ ㄧㄣ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Namó Guanshìhyin Púsà
    • Wade–Giles: Na¹-mo² Kuan¹-shih⁴-yin¹ Pʻu²-sa⁴
    • Yale: Nā-mwó Gwān-shr̀-yīn Pú-sà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nhamo Guanshyhin Pwusah
    • Palladius: Намо Гуаньшиинь Пуса (Namo Guanʹšiinʹ Pusa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ in⁵⁵ pʰu³⁵ sä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Námó Guānshìyīn Púsà
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˊ ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕˋ ㄧㄣ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Námó Guanshìhyin Púsà
    • Wade–Giles: Na²-mo² Kuan¹-shih⁴-yin¹ Pʻu²-sa⁴
    • Yale: Ná-mwó Gwān-shr̀-yīn Pú-sà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Namo Guanshyhin Pwusah
    • Palladius: Намо Гуаньшиинь Пуса (Namo Guanʹšiinʹ Pusa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ in⁵⁵ pʰu³⁵ sä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ mo⁴ gun¹ sai³ jam¹ pou⁴ saat³
    • Yale: nàahm mòh gūn sai yām pòuh saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ mo⁴ gun¹ sai³ jam¹ pou⁴ saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ mo⁴ gun¹ sei³ yem¹ pou⁴ sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ mɔː²¹ kuːn⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³ jɐm⁵⁵ pʰou̯²¹ saːt̚³/

Phrase

南無觀世音菩薩

1. (Buddhism) Namo Avalokiteshvaraya, a common Buddhist chant

See also

• 南無阿彌陀佛／南无阿弥陀佛 (Nāmó Ēmítuófó)
• 南無本師釋迦牟尼佛／南无本师释迦牟尼佛 (nāmó běn shī shìjiāmóuní fó)