毗婆尸

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (毗婆尸)		毗	婆	尸
simp. #(毗婆尸)		毗	婆	尸

Etymology

From Sanskrit विपश्यिन् (vipaśyin) or Pali Vipassī.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pípóshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄛˊ ㄕ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pípóshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄛˊ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Pípóshih
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻi²-pʻo²-shih¹
    • Yale: Pí-pwó-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pyiporshy
    • Palladius: Пипоши (Pipoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjij ba syij

Rime
Character	毗	婆	尸
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	戈 (95)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I	III
Fanqie	房脂切	薄波切	式之切
Baxter	bjij	ba	syij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪ/	/buɑ/	/ɕiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/bi/	/buɑ/	/ɕi/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪ/	/buɑ/	/ɕjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bi/	/bwa/	/ɕi/
Li Rong	/bi/	/buɑ/	/ɕi/
Wang Li	/bi/	/buɑ/	/ɕi/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi/	/bʱuɑ/	/ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí	pó	shī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei4	po4	si1

Proper noun

毗婆尸

1. Vipassī, the twenty-second of twenty-seven Buddhas named Buddhas immediately preceding Gautama

Compounds

• 毗婆尸佛

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (毗婆尸):

• → Japanese: 毗婆尸(びばし) (Bibashi)
• → Korean: 비파시(毗婆尸) (Bipasi)
• → Vietnamese: Tỳ Bà Thi (毗婆尸)