菩提

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (菩提)		菩	提
simp. #(菩提)		菩	提

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pútí

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴ tai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phù-tì
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘-thê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pútí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pútí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu²-tʻi²
    • Yale: pú-tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwutyi
    • Palladius: пути (puti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ tʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁴ tai⁴
    • Yale: pòuh tàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ tai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ tei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹ tʰɐi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phù-tì
    • Hakka Romanization System: puˇ diˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu² di²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu¹¹ ti¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘-thê
    • Tâi-lô: phôo-thê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pho'tee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰe²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰe²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³⁻²² tʰe¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰe²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²³⁻³³ tʰe²³/

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• Middle Chinese: bu dej

Rime
Character	菩	提
Reading #	1/4	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	薄胡切	杜奚切
Baxter	bu	dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buo/	/dei/
Pan Wuyun	/buo/	/dei/
Shao Rongfen	/bo/	/dɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔ/	/dɛj/
Li Rong	/bo/	/dei/
Wang Li	/bu/	/diei/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuo/	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pú	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou4	tai4

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 菩提

1. (Buddhism) bodhi, the state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana
2. Short for 菩提樹／菩提树 (pútíshù, “bodhi tree”).
3. Short for 菩提子 (pútízǐ, “bodhi seeds; bodhi beads”).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
菩	提
ぼ Jinmeiyō	だい Grade: 5
kan'yōon	goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 菩提 (MC bu dej), a transliteration of Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi), or Pali bodhi.

Noun

菩(ぼ)提(だい) • (bodai) 

1. (Buddhism) bodhi:
   1. supreme enlightenment or wisdom
   2. reaching nirvana
   3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   4. (by extension) a Buddhist doctrine

      Synonym: 仏道 (Butsudō)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)院(いん) (bodaīn)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)講(こう) (bodaikō)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)声(ごえ) (bodaigoe)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)薩埵(さった) (bodai-satta)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)子(し) (bodaishi)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)寺(じ) (bodaiji)
• 菩(ボ)提(ダイ)樹(ジュ) (bodaiju)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)所(しょ) (bodaisho)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)心(しん) (bodaishin)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)樹(ず) (bodaizu)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)達磨(だるま) (bodaidaruma)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)の種(たね) (bodai no tane)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)の水(みず) (bodai no mizu)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)の道(みち) (bodai no michi)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)門(もん) (bodaimon)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)楽(らく) (bodairaku)
• 阿(あ)耨(のく)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (anoku bodai)
• 後生(ごしょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (goshō bodai)
• 後世(ごせ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (gose bodai)
• ささ点(てん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sasaten bodai)
• 三菩(さんぼ)提(だい) (sanbodai)
• 三(さん)仏(ぶつ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sanbutsu bodai)
• 上求(じょうぐ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (jōgu bodai)
• 証(しょう)大(だい)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (shōdaibodai)
• 即(そく)身(しん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sokushin bodai)
• 頓証(とんしょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (tonshō bodai)
• 仏果(ぶっか)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (bukka bodai)
• 煩悩(ぼんのう)あれば菩(ぼ)提(だい)あり (bonnō areba bodai ari)
• 煩悩(ぼんのう)即(そく)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (bonnō soku bodai)
• 無上(むじょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (mujō bodai)

Idioms

• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)を弔(とむら)う (bodai o tomurau)
• 小智(しょうち)は菩(ぼ)提(だい)の妨(さまた)げ (shōchi wa bodai no samatage)

Descendants

• → English: bodai

See also

• 悟(さと)り (satori)

Proper noun

菩(ぼ)提(だい) • (Bodai) 

1. a placename

Compounds

• 求菩提(くぼて)山(さん) (Kubote-san)
• 須菩(しゅぼ)提(だい) (Shubodai), 須菩(すぼ)提(だい) (Subodai)