須菩提

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (須菩提)		須	菩	提
simp. (须菩提)		须	菩	提

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit सुभूति (subhūti).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xūpútí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xūpútí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syupútí
    • Wade–Giles: Hsü¹-pʻu²-tʻi²
    • Yale: Syū-pú-tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiupwutyi
    • Palladius: Сюйпути (Sjujputi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ pʰu³⁵ tʰi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sju bu|bojX|bjuwX|bok dzye|dej

Rime
Character	須	菩	菩	菩	菩	提	提
Reading #	1/1	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	並 (3)	並 (3)	並 (3)	並 (3)	常 (25)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	模 (23)	咍 (41)	尤 (136)	德 (131)	支 (11)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	I	III	I	III	IV
Fanqie	相俞切	薄胡切	薄亥切	房久切	蒲北切	是支切	杜奚切
Baxter	sju	bu	bojX	bjuwX	bok	dzye	dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨo/	/buo/	/bʌiX/	/bɨuX/	/bək̚/	/d͡ʑiᴇ/	/dei/
Pan Wuyun	/sio/	/buo/	/bəiX/	/biuX/	/bək̚/	/d͡ʑiɛ/	/dei/
Shao Rongfen	/sio/	/bo/	/bɒiX/	/biəuX/	/bək̚/	/d͡ʑjɛ/	/dɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suə̆/	/bɔ/	/bəjX/	/buwX/	/bək̚/	/d͡ʑiə̆/	/dɛj/
Li Rong	/sio/	/bo/	/bᴀiX/	/biuX/	/bək̚/	/ʑie/	/dei/
Wang Li	/sĭu/	/bu/	/bɒiX/	/bĭəuX/	/bək̚/	/ʑǐe/	/diei/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯u/	/bʱuo/	/bʱɑ̆iX/	/bʱi̯ə̯uX/	/bʱək̚/	/ʑie̯/	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū	pú	bài	fòu	bó	chí	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi1	pou4	boi6	fau6	bak6	si4	tai4

Proper noun

須菩提

1. (Buddhism) Subhūti (a senior disciple of the Buddha)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “須菩提” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].