極樂

See also: 极乐

Chinese

		utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful
trad. (極樂)		極	樂
simp. (极乐)		极	乐

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit सुखावती (sukhāvatī, “full of joy; blissful”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jílè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik⁶ lok⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khi̍t-lo̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ke̍k-lo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jílè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jílè
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-lê⁴
    • Yale: jí-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyileh
    • Palladius: цзилэ (czilɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gik⁶ lok⁶
    • Yale: gihk lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁹ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig⁶ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚² lɔːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khi̍t-lo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: kid log
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kid⁶ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰit̚⁵ lok̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke̍k-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ki̍k-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keglok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪk̚²⁴⁻² lɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 極樂

1. (Buddhism) bliss; paradise