如是

Chinese

		as (if); such as	this
trad. (如是)		如	是
simp. #(如是)		如	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúshìh
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-shih⁴
    • Yale: rú-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rushyh
    • Palladius: жуши (žuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: yùh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ siː²²/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 如是

1. (literary) like this; so; such

Synonyms

• (literary) 如此 (rúcǐ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
如	是
にょ Grade: S	ぜ Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 如是 (MC nyo dzyeX), itself a translation of Sanskrit एवम् (evam, “such, thus”).

Noun

如(にょ)是(ぜ) • (nyoze) 

1. (Buddhism) like this
2. (Buddhism) short for 十如是 (jū-nyoze): the ten thusnesses of the Tendai sect
3. (Buddhism) expression of approval of something said by another person

Derived terms

• 如(にょ)是(ぜ)我(が)聞(もん) (nyoze gamon, “thus I hear”)
• 十(じゅう)如(にょ)是(ぜ) (jū-nyoze, “ten thusnesses of the Tendai sect”)