曼陀羅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (曼陀羅)		曼	陀	羅
simp. (曼陀罗)		曼	陀	罗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màntuóluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ to⁴ lo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màntuóluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màntuóluó
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴-tʻo²-lo²
    • Yale: màn-twó-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: manntwoluo
    • Palladius: маньтоло (manʹtolo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ to⁴ lo⁴
    • Yale: maahn tòh lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ to⁴ lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ to⁴ lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² tʰɔː²¹ lɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: man da la

Rime
Character	曼	陀	羅
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	定 (7)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	母官切	徒河切	魯何切
Baxter	man	da	la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑn/	/dɑ/	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑn/	/dɑ/	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑn/	/dɑ/	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwan/	/da/	/la/
Li Rong	/muɑn/	/dɑ/	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/muɑn/	/dɑ/	/lɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑn/	/dʱɑ/	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mán	tuó	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mun4	to4	lo4

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit मान्दार (māndāra, “māndāra flower, one of the four kinds of flowers said to bloom in heaven in Buddhism”).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 曼陀羅

1. (～花, ～華) jimsonweed; Devil's snare (Datura stramonium)

Synonyms

• 山茄子 (shānqiézi)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मण्डल (maṇḍala, “round; circular”).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 曼陀羅

1. Alternative term for 曼荼羅／曼荼罗 (màntúluó, “mandala”).

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (曼陀羅):

• → Japanese: 曼(まん)陀(だ)羅(ら) (mandara)
• → Korean: 만다라(曼陀羅) (mandara)
• → Vietnamese: mạn đà la (曼陀羅)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
曼	陀	羅
まん Hyōgai	だ Jinmeiyō	ら Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

The kanji is ateji (当て字), from Chinese 曼陀羅／曼陀罗 (màntuóluó).

Noun

曼(まん)陀(だ)羅(ら) • (mandara) 

1. Alternative spelling of 曼荼羅 (“mandala”)