三毒

Chinese

		three	poison; narcotics
trad. (三毒)		三	毒
simp. #(三毒)		三	毒

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit त्रिविष (triviṣa, “three poisons”). Compare Tibetan དུག་གསུམ་ (dug gsum).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāndú

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ duk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāndú
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sandú
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-tu²
    • Yale: sān-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sandwu
    • Palladius: саньду (sanʹdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ duk⁶
    • Yale: sāam duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/

Noun

三毒

1. (Buddhism) three poisons, three fires (the three root kleshas in Buddhism)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “三毒” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Korean

Hanja in this term
三	毒

Noun

三毒 • (samdok) (hangeul 삼독)

1. Hanja form^? of 삼독 (“three poisons”).