沙彌

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (沙彌)		沙	彌
simp. (沙弥)		沙	弥

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रामणेर (śrāmaṇera) or Pali sāmaṇera. Compare 沙門 (MC ʃˠa muən).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāmí

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄇㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ mei⁴, saa¹ nei⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sa-bi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shāmí
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄇㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shami
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ mi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saa¹ mei⁴, saa¹ nei⁴
  - Yale: sā mèih, sā nèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ mei⁴, saa¹ nei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ méi⁴, sa¹ néi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /säː⁵⁵ mei̯²¹/, /säː⁵⁵ nei̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-bi
  - Tâi-lô: sa-bi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sa'by
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sa⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³ bi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sa⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bi⁴⁴/

Noun

沙彌

(Buddhism) novice Buddhist monk

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