觀世音菩薩

See also: 観世音菩薩 and 观世音菩萨

Chinese

		Guanyin	bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person
trad. (觀世音菩薩)		觀世音	菩薩
simp. (观世音菩萨)		观世音	菩萨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guānshìyīn Púsà

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕˋ ㄧㄣ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ sai³ jam¹ pou⁴ saat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Koan-sè-im Phô͘-sat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guānshìyīn Púsà
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕˋ ㄧㄣ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Guanshìhyin Púsà
    • Wade–Giles: Kuan¹-shih⁴-yin¹ Pʻu²-sa⁴
    • Yale: Gwān-shr̀-yīn Pú-sà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guanshyhin Pwusah
    • Palladius: Гуаньшиинь Пуса (Guanʹšiinʹ Pusa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ in⁵⁵ pʰu³⁵ sä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ sai³ jam¹ pou⁴ saat³
    • Yale: gūn sai yām pòuh saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ sai³ jam¹ pou⁴ saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ sei³ yem¹ pou⁴ sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³ jɐm⁵⁵ pʰou̯²¹ saːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koan-sè-im Phô͘-sat
    • Tâi-lô: Kuan-sè-im Phôo-sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koansea'ym phosad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹⁻⁵³ im⁴⁴⁻²² pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ im³³ pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² sat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹⁻⁵³ im⁴⁴⁻²² pʰɔ¹³⁻²² sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ se¹¹⁻⁵³ im⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ se²¹⁻⁴¹ im⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰɔ²³⁻³³ sat̚³²/

Proper noun

觀世音菩薩

1. (Buddhism) Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva

Synonyms

• 觀自在菩薩／观自在菩萨 (Guānzìzài Púsà)
• 觀音菩薩／观音菩萨 (Guānyīn Púsà)
• 觀音／观音 (Guānyīn)
• 觀世音／观世音 (Guānshìyīn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (觀世音菩薩):

• → Japanese: 観(かん)世(ぜ)音(おん)菩(ぼ)薩(さつ) (Kanzeon Bosatsu)
• → Korean: 관세음보살(觀世音菩薩) (Gwanseeumbosal)
• → Vietnamese: Quán Thế Âm Bồ Tát (觀世音菩薩)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
觀	世	音	菩	薩
かん Hyōgaiji	せ > ぜ Grade: 3	おん Grade: 1	ぼ Jinmeiyō	さつ Jinmeiyō
goon			kan’yōon	kan’on

For pronunciation and definitions of 觀世音菩薩 – see the following entry.

【観世音菩薩かんぜおんぼさつ】 [proper noun] (Buddhism) Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion

(This term, 觀世音菩薩, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
觀	世	音	菩	薩

Noun

觀世音菩薩 • (Gwanseeumbosal) (hangeul 관세음보살)

1. Hanja form^? of 관세음보살.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
觀	世	音	菩	薩

Noun

觀世音菩薩

1. chữ Hán form of Quán Thế Âm Bồ Tát.