人中獅子

Chinese

		man; person; people	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	lion; Buddha; bodhisattva
trad. (人中獅子)		人	中	獅子
simp. (人中狮子)		人	中	狮子
Literally: “a lion among men”.

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit नरसिंह (narasiṃha), from नर (nara, “man”) +‎ सिंह (siṃha, “lion”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rén zhōng shīzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rén zhōng shīzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rén jhong shihzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: jên² chung¹ shih¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: rén jūng shr̄-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren jong shy.tzy
    • Palladius: жэнь чжун шицзы (žɛnʹ čžun šiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Noun

人中獅子

1. (Buddhism) an exceptional or outstanding person
2. (Buddhism) an epithet for the Buddha