喇嘛

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (喇嘛)		喇	嘛
simp. #(喇嘛)		喇	嘛

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎma

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˇ ˙ㄇㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laa¹ maa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎma
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ ˙ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎmå
    • Wade–Giles: la³-ma⁵
    • Yale: lǎ-ma
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laa.ma
    • Palladius: лама (lama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä²¹⁴ mä⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laa¹ maa⁴
    • Yale: lā màh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laa¹ maa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: la¹ ma⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laː⁵⁵ maː²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 喇嘛

1. (Buddhism) lama

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
喇	嘛
ら Hyōgai	ま Hyōgai
kan'yōon

Noun

喇(ら)嘛(ま) or 喇嘛(ラマ) • (rama) 

1. (Buddhism) lama

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
喇	嘛

Noun

喇嘛

1. chữ Hán form of lạt-ma (“(Buddhism) lama”).