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
Min Nan (POJ): lûn-hôe / lûn-hê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lúnhuí
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luenhwei
  - IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: leon⁴ wui⁴
  - Yale: lèuhn wùih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ wui⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ wui⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ wuːy̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (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

(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)
→ Vietnamese: luân hồi (輪迴)

Verb

輪迴

to rotate; to cycle; to follow each other cyclically

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