甘露

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	to show; to reveal; to expose to show; to reveal; to expose; dew
trad. (甘露)		甘	露
simp. #(甘露)		甘	露

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal”). Tibetan equivalent is བདུད་རྩི (bdud rtsi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ lou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâm-lu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kam-lō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganlù
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-lu⁴
    • Yale: gān-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganluh
    • Palladius: ганьлу (ganʹlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ lou⁶
    • Yale: gām louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ lou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm-lu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˊ lu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam¹ lu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: kam-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kamlo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam³³ lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 甘露

1. (Buddhism) amrita
2. (mythology) immortality potion
3. sweet dew
4. honeydew (sweet, sticky secretion by aphids); nectar

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (甘露):

• → Japanese: 甘(かん)露(ろ) (kanro)
• → Korean: 감로(甘露) (gamno)
• → Vietnamese: cam lộ (甘露)