釋迦

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (釋迦)		釋	迦
simp. (释迦)		释	迦

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शाक्य (śākya).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ gaa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-kâ / sit-kâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-ka / sek-kee / sek-khia / sek-kia / sek-kiau / sek-khiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjia
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chia¹
    • Yale: shr̀-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjia
    • Palladius: шицзя (šiczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: sīk gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-kâ / sit-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid` ga´ / xid` ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ ga¹ / xid⁵ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² ka²⁴/, /sit̚² ka²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-ka
    • Tâi-lô: sik-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekkaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-kee
    • Tâi-lô: sik-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-khia
    • Tâi-lô: sik-khia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekqiaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Yilan): /siɪk̚²⁻⁵ kʰia⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Magong, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-kia
    • Tâi-lô: sik-kia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekkiaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /siɪk̚⁵ kia³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-kiau
    • Tâi-lô: sik-kiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekkiaw
    • IPA (Kinmen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵⁴ kiau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-khiau
    • Tâi-lô: sik-khiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekqiaw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiau⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: syek kja

Rime
Character	釋	迦
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	戈 (96)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	施隻切	居伽切
Baxter	syek	kja
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇk̚/	/kɨɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛk̚/	/kiɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæk̚/	/kiɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajk̚/	/kɨa/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛk̚/	/kiɑ/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛk̚/	/kǐɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛk̚/	/ki̯ɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi	jiē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1	ge1

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 釋迦

1. (～族) (historical, Buddhism) Shakya (a clan in the subcontinent of India)
2. (Buddhism) Short for 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní, “Sakyamuni Buddha”).

Noun

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釋迦

釋迦 (crude)

釋迦 (very crude)

(deprecated template usage) 釋迦

1. (chiefly Taiwan and Southern Min) Short for 釋迦果／释迦果 (shìjiāguǒ, “sugar apple”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 番荔枝 (“sugar apple”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Taxonomic name		番荔枝
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	釋迦, 釋迦果
	Singapore	釋迦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	番荔枝, 番鬼荔枝, 番鬼佬荔枝
	Hong Kong	番荔枝, 番鬼荔枝, 番鬼佬荔枝, 番枝
	Dongguan	番鬼荔枝
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	番鬼荔枝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	釋迦
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	釋迦, 沙梨
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	牛心梨, 柅仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	釋迦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	佛果, 釋迦
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	釋迦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	佛果, 釋迦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	釋迦
Southern Min	Xiamen	番仔荔枝, 釋迦
	Zhangzhou	番仔荔枝, 釋迦
	Zhao'an	林檎
	Taipei	釋迦
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung	釋迦
	Yilan	釋迦
	Changhua (Lukang)	釋迦
	Taichung	釋迦
	Tainan	釋迦
	Hsinchu	釋迦
	Kinmen	釋迦
	Penghu (Magong)	釋迦
	Penang (Hokkien)	nona
	Singapore (Hokkien)	林檎
	Manila (Hokkien)	釋迦
	Chaozhou	林檎
	Raoping	林檎
	Shantou	林檎
	Shantou (Chenghai)	林檎
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	林檎
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	林檎
	Singapore (Teochew)	林檎