沙彌

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (沙彌)		沙	彌
simp. (沙弥)		沙	弥

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रामणेर (śrāmaṇera) or Pali sāmaṇera. Compare 沙門 (MC srae mwon).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāmí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄇㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ mei⁴ / saa¹ nei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sa-bi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāmí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄇㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shamí
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-mi²
    • Yale: shā-mí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shami
    • Palladius: шами (šami)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ mi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa¹ mei⁴ / saa¹ nei⁴
    • Yale: sā mèih / sā nèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ mei⁴ / saa¹ nei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ méi⁴ / sa¹ néi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ mei̯²¹/, /saː⁵⁵ nei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-bi
    • Tâi-lô: sa-bi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sa'by
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sa⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³ bi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sa⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bi⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 沙彌

1. (Buddhism) novice Buddhist monk

Descendants

• → Malay: sami
• → Vietnamese: sa di