波羅蜜

See also: 波罗蜜

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (波羅蜜)		波	羅	蜜
simp. (波罗蜜)		波	罗	蜜

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पारमिता (pāramitā).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōluómì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ lo⁴ mat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pho-lô-bi̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōluómì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: boluómì
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-lo²-mi⁴
    • Yale: bwō-lwó-mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boluomih
    • Palladius: боломи (bolomi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ lo⁴ mat⁶
    • Yale: bō lòh maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ lo⁴ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ lo⁴ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ mɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho-lô-bi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: pho-lô-bi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoiloi'bit
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ bit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ bit̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pa la mjit

Rime
Character	波	羅	蜜
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	來 (37)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	歌 (94)	眞 (48)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	博禾切	魯何切	彌畢切
Baxter	pa	la	mjit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puɑ/	/lɑ/	/miɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/puɑ/	/lɑ/	/mit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑ/	/lɑ/	/mjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwa/	/la/	/mit̚/
Li Rong	/puɑ/	/lɑ/	/miĕt̚/
Wang Li	/puɑ/	/lɑ/	/mĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/puɑ/	/lɑ/	/mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bō	luó	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bo1	lo4	mat6

Noun

波羅蜜

1. (Buddhism) paramita; perfection or culmination of certain virtues
2. Alternative form of 菠蘿蜜／菠萝蜜 (bōluómì, “jackfruit”)

Synonyms

• (paramita): 彼岸 (bǐ'àn), 波羅蜜多／波罗蜜多 (bōluómìduō)

Derived terms

• 六波羅蜜／六波罗蜜
• 般若波羅蜜多心經／般若波罗蜜多心经 (Bōrě Bōluómìduō Xīnjīng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
波	羅	蜜
は Grade: 3	ら Grade: S	みつ Grade: S

Etymology

Alternative reading paramitsu reborrowed from Sanskrit पारमिता (pāramitā).

Noun

波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みつ) or 波羅蜜(ハラミツ) or 波羅蜜(ぱらみつ) or 波羅蜜(パラミツ) • (haramitsu or paramitsu) 

1. jackfruit
2. paramita, perfection