剎那

See also: 刹那

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (剎那)		剎	那
simp. (刹那)		刹	那

Etymology

From Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chànà, shànà, chànuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ, ㄕㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ, ㄔㄚˋ ㄋㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ naa⁵, saat³ no⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chànà
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chànà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-na⁴
    • Yale: chà-nà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahnah
    • Palladius: чана (čana)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, nonstandard or dialectal)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shànà
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànà
    • Wade–Giles: sha⁴-na⁴
    • Yale: shà-nà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahnah
    • Palladius: шана (šana)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chànuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄋㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chànuó
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-no²
    • Yale: chà-nwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahnuo
    • Palladius: чано (čano)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ nu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saat³ naa⁵, saat³ no⁴
    • Yale: saat náh, saat nòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ naa⁵, saat⁸ no⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ na⁵, sad³ no⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ naː¹³/, /saːt̚³ nɔː²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 剎那／刹那 薩那／萨那

Note: saat3 no4 - rare.

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhaet na

Rime
Character	剎	那
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Initial (聲)	初 (19)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	刪 (71)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	初鎋切	諾何切
Baxter	tsrhaet	na
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠat̚/	/nɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚat̚/	/nɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰɐt̚/	/nɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨt̚/	/na/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰat̚/	/nɑ/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰat̚/	/nɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰăt̚/	/nɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cha	nuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caat3	no4

Noun

剎那

1. (originally Buddhism) instant; moment; split-second

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation shà in 剎那.

Synonyms

• 一剎／一刹 (yīchà)
• 一剎那／一刹那 (yīchànà)
• 一會兒／一会儿
• 一目𥍉仔 (chi̍t-ba̍k-nih-á) (Hokkien)
• 一瞬間／一瞬间 (yīshùnjiān)
• 少刻 (shǎokè)
• 少時／少时
• 少頃／少顷 (shǎoqǐng)
• 時刻／时刻 (shíkè)
• 有頃／有顷 (yǒuqǐng) (literary)
• 漏 (lòu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 片刻 (piànkè)
• 瞬息 (shùnxī)
• 瞬間／瞬间 (shùnjiān)
• 霎時／霎时 (shàshí)
• 頃刻／顷刻 (qǐngkè)
• 須／须 (xū) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Derived terms

• 一剎那／一刹那 (yīchànà)
• 剎那間／刹那间

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (剎那):

• → Japanese: 刹(せつ)那(な) (setsuna)
• → Korean: 찰나(刹那) (challa)
• → Vietnamese: sát na (剎那)