彌勒

See also: 弥勒

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (彌勒)		彌	勒
simp. (弥勒)		弥	勒

Etymology

From Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mílè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ lak⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): Mì-lĕk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bî-le̍k / Bî-lia̍k / Mî-le̍k / Nî-le̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mílè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mílè
    • Wade–Giles: Mi²-lê⁴
    • Yale: Mí-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mileh
    • Palladius: Милэ (Milɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ lak⁶
    • Yale: mèih lahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ lak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ leg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ lɐk̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mì-lĕk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵³⁻³³ l̃ɛiʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bî-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Bî-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bilek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² liɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bî-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Bî-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² liak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mî-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Mî-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: milek
    • IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Nî-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nilek
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mjie lok

Rime
Character	彌	勒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	武移切	盧則切
Baxter	mjie	lok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇ/	/lək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛ/	/lək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mjɛ/	/lək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miə̆/	/lək̚/
Li Rong	/mie/	/lək̚/
Wang Li	/mǐe/	/lək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mie̯/	/lək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí	lè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei4	lak6

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 彌勒

1. (～佛, ～菩薩) (Buddhism) Maitreya
2. (～市) Mile (a county-level city in Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China)

Synonyms

• (Maitreya): 彌勒菩薩／弥勒菩萨 (Mílè Púsà); (Min Nan) 肥勒

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (彌勒):

• → Japanese: 弥(み)勒(ろく) (Miroku)
• → Korean: 미륵(彌勒) (Mireuk)
• → Vietnamese: Di Lặc (彌勒)

Others:

(deprecated template usage)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
彌	勒

Proper noun

彌勒 • (Mireuk or McCune-Reischauer: Mirŭk or Yale: Miluk) (hangeul 미륵)

1. hanja form^? of 미륵 (“Maitreya”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
彌	勒

Proper noun

彌勒

1. chữ Hán form of Di Lặc (“Maitreya”).