如來

See also: 如来

Chinese

		as (if); such as	to come
trad. (如來)		如	來
simp. (如来)		如	来

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit तथागत (tathāgata).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ loi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jî-lâi / jû-lâi / lî-lâi / lû-lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúlái
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-lai²
    • Yale: rú-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rulai
    • Palladius: жулай (žulaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ loi⁴
    • Yale: yùh lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-lâi / jû-lâi / lî-lâi / lû-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: jî-lâi / jû-lâi / lî-lâi / lû-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jilaai, julaai, lilaai, lulaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /d͡zi²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/, /d͡zu²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/, /li²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/, /lu²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡zi²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/, /d͡zu²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/, /li²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/, /lu²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³⁻²² lai¹³/, /d͡zu¹³⁻²² lai¹³/, /li¹³⁻²² lai¹³/, /lu¹³⁻²² lai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /d͡zi²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/, /d͡zu²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/, /li²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/, /lu²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ lai²³/, /zu²³⁻³³ lai²³/, /li²³⁻³³ lai²³/, /lu²³⁻³³ lai²³/

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• Middle Chinese: nyo loj

Rime
Character	如	來
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	人諸切	洛哀切
Baxter	nyo	loj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨʌ/	/lʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɔ/	/ləi/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiɔ/	/lɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨə̆/	/ləj/
Li Rong	/ȵiɔ/	/lᴀi/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭo/	/lɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯wo/	/lɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rú	lái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	loi4

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 如來

1. (Buddhism) Tathāgata

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Korean

Hanja in this term
如	來

Noun

如來 • (yeorae) (hangeul 여래)

1. hanja form^? of 여래 (“Tathāgata”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
如	來

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 如來

1. chữ Hán form of Như Lai (“Tathāgata”).