真宗

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family
trad. (真宗/眞宗)		真/眞	宗
simp. (真宗)		真	宗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnzōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄗㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnzōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄗㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenzong
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-tsung¹
    • Yale: jēn-dzūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jentzong
    • Palladius: чжэньцзун (čžɛnʹczun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ zung¹
    • Yale: jān jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

真宗

1. Short for 淨土真宗／净土真宗.

Proper noun

真宗

1. A temple name used by various emperors, most importantly Emperor Zhenzong (of the Song Dynasty of China).

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
真	宗
しん Grade: 3	しゅう Grade: 6
on’yomi	kan’yōon

Alternative spelling
眞宗 (kyūjitai)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんしゅう [shìńshúú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) し​んしゅう [shíꜜǹshùù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕɨᵝː]

Proper noun

真(しん)宗(しゅう) • (Shinshū) 

1. (Buddhism) short for 浄土真宗 (Jōdo Shinshū, “Shin Buddhism, True Pure Land Buddhism”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
真	宗
しん Grade: 3	そう Grade: 6
on’yomi	kan’on

Alternative spelling
眞宗 (kyūjitai)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃so̞ː]

Proper noun

真(しん)宗(そう) • (Shinsō) 

1. Chinese Emperor Zhenzong