面壁
Chinese
face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top |
wall; rampart | ||
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simp. and trad. (面壁) |
面 | 壁 | |
Literally: “to face the wall”. |
Etymology
Bodhidharma, the Buddhist monk credited with transmitting Chan (Zen) Buddhism to China, was said to have practised wall-gazing for nine years near the Shaolin Monastery.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: miànbì
- Wade–Giles: mien4-pi4
- Yale: myàn-bì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannbih
- Palladius: мяньби (mjanʹbi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: min6 bik1
- Yale: mihn bīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: min6 bik7
- Guangdong Romanization: min6 big1
- Sinological IPA (key): /miːn²² pɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: mjienH pek
Verb
面壁
- (Buddhism) to sit facing the wall in meditation
- (figurative, especially Buddhism) to study or work with undivided attention
- (in general) to face the wall (especially as a punishment); to stand facing the wall (to self-reflect)
Derived terms
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