醍醐
Chinese
phonetic | |||
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trad. (醍醐) | 醍 | 醐 | |
simp. #(醍醐) | 醍 | 醐 | |
alternative forms | 𩝊餬 䬫餬 𨠏醐 |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tíhú
- Wade–Giles: tʻi2-hu2
- Yale: tí-hú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyihwu
- Palladius: тиху (tixu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi³⁵ xu³⁵/
- Homophones:
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鵜鶘/鹈鹕
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tai4 wu4
- Yale: tàih wùh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tai4 wu4
- Guangdong Romanization: tei4 wu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ wuː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: dej hu
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*deː ɡaː/
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 醍醐
- (literary) clarified butter; ghee
- (literary, figurative, Buddhism) the essence of Buddhism
- (literary, figurative) good alcohol; fine liquor
Derived terms
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Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
---|---|
醍 | 醐 |
だい Jinmeiyō |
ご Jinmeiyō |
on'yomi |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 醍醐 (MC dej hu), itself a translation of Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, literally “cream of milk”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
- ghee (type of clarified butter)
- (Buddhism) the fifth and last flavor according to the Nirvana Sutra, possibly of ghee or some other kind of butter; believed to be the ultimate truth or the greatest nirvana
- Hypernym: 五味 (gomi)
Derived terms
Proper noun
- a place name
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- a unisex given name
Derived terms
Derived terms
References
- ^ “醍醐”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
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