三災

Chinese

		three	disaster; calamity
trad. (三災)		三	災
simp. (三灾)		三	灾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sān zāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄗㄞ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sān zāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄗㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: san zai
    • Wade–Giles: san¹ tsai¹
    • Yale: sān dzāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: san tzai
    • Palladius: сань цзай (sanʹ czaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

三災

1. (Buddhism) The three calamities at the end of a kalpa; namely, those of fire, flooding, and wind.

   • 佛告比丘：「世有三災。云何為三？一者火災，二者水災，三者風災。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     佛告比丘：「世有三灾。云何为三？一者火灾，二者水灾，三者风灾。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Dirgha Agama)

     Fó gào bǐqiū: “Shì yǒu sānzāi. Yúnhé wèi sān? Yī zhě huǒzāi, èr zhě shuǐzāi, sān zhě fēngzāi.” [Pinyin]

     The Buddha told the bhikshus: "There are three calamities in a world-period. What are those three? The first is the calamity of fire, the second is the calamity of water, the third is the calamity of wind.