輪迴

See also: 輪廻, 輪回, and 轮回

Chinese

		wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate	to curve; to return; to revolve
trad. (輪迴/輪回)		輪	迴/回
simp. (轮回)		轮	回

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra, “passing through a succession of states”). Tibetan equivalent is འཁོར་བ ('khor ba).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lúnhuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ wui⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûn-hôe / lûn-hê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lúnhuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lúnhuéi
    • Wade–Giles: lun²-hui²
    • Yale: lwún-hwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luenhwei
    • Palladius: луньхуэй (lunʹxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴ wui⁴
    • Yale: lèuhn wùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ wui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ wui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ wuːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûn-hôe
    • Tâi-lô: lûn-huê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lunhoee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lun²³⁻³³ hue²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lun¹³⁻²² hue¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lun²⁴⁻²² hue²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lun²⁴⁻¹¹ hue²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûn-hê
    • Tâi-lô: lûn-hê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lunhee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lun²³⁻³³ he²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lun²⁴⁻¹¹ he²⁴/

Noun

輪迴

1. (Buddhism) samsara; transmigration; cycle of birth, death and rebirth

Derived terms

• 六道輪迴／六道轮回
• 生死輪迴／生死轮回

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (輪迴):

• → Japanese: 輪(りん)廻(ね) (rinne)
• → Korean: 윤회(輪廻) (yunhoe), 륜회(輪廻) (ryunhoe)
• → Vietnamese: luân hồi (輪迴)

Verb

輪迴

1. to rotate; to cycle; to follow each other cyclically

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
輪	迴

Noun

輪迴

1. chữ Hán form of luân hồi (“(Buddhism) samsara”).