兜率

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (兜率)		兜	率

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तुषित (tuṣita).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dōushuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡ ㄕㄨㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dōushuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡ ㄕㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Doushuài
    • Wade–Giles: Tou¹-shuai⁴
    • Yale: Dōu-shwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Doushuay
    • Palladius: Доушуай (Doušuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tuw srwit

Rime
Character	兜	率
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	術 (52)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	當侯切	所律切
Baxter	tuw	srwit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/təu/	/ʃiuɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/təu/	/ʃʷit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/təu/	/ʃjuet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təw/	/ʂwit̚/
Li Rong	/tu/	/ʃiuĕt̚/
Wang Li	/təu/	/ʃĭuĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tə̯u/	/ʂi̯uĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dōu	shuai
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dau1	seot1

Proper noun

兜率

1. (Buddhism) Tushita (fourth of the six heavens in the Realm of Desire)

   Synonym: 兜率天 (Dōushuàitiān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (兜率):

• → Japanese: 兜(と)率(そつ) (tosotsu)
• → Korean: 도솔(兜率) (dosol)
• → Vietnamese: Đâu suất (兜率)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “兜率” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
• “兜率”, in ZDIC (汉典) (in Chinese)

Korean

Hanja in this term
兜	率

Proper noun

兜率 • (dosol) (hangeul 도솔)

1. hanja form^? of 도솔 (“Tushita”)