吠舍

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (吠舍)		吠	舍

Etymology

From Sanskrit वैश्य (vaiśya).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèishè

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄕㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèishè
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèishè
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-shê⁴
    • Yale: fèi-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feysheh
    • Palladius: фэйшэ (fɛjšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjojH syaeH

Rime
Character	吠	舍
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	廢 (28)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	符廢切	始夜切
Baxter	bjojH	syaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐiH/	/ɕiaH/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐiH/	/ɕiaH/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐiH/	/ɕiaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buajH/	/ɕiaH/
Li Rong	/biuɐiH/	/ɕiaH/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐiH/	/ɕĭaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐiH/	/ɕi̯aH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèi	shè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai6	se3

Noun

吠舍

1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) Vaishya (one of the four castes of the varna system)