揭諦

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (揭諦)		揭	諦
simp. (揭谛)		揭	谛

Etymology

From Sanskrit गते (gate), the vocative singular of गति (gáti).

The term was introduced into China through the Heart Sutra:

揭諦！揭諦！波羅揭諦！波羅僧揭諦！菩提薩婆訶！ [MSC, trad.]

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揭谛！揭谛！波罗揭谛！波罗僧揭谛！菩提萨婆诃！ [MSC, simp.]

From: Heart Sutra (translated by Xuanzang)

Jiēdì! Jiēdì! Bōluó jiēdì! Bōluó sēng jiēdì! Pútí sàpóhē! [Pinyin]

Gate! Gate! Pāragate! Pārasamgate! Bodhi Svāhā! (Gone gone, gone beyond, gone utterly beyond, Enlightenment hail!)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiēdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ ㄉㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiēdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiedì
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹-ti⁴
    • Yale: jyē-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiedih
    • Palladius: цзеди (czedi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjet tejH

Rime
Character	揭	諦
Reading #	4/6	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	薛 (83)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	渠列切	都計切
Baxter	gjet	tejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇt̚/	/teiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛt̚/	/teiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæt̚/	/tɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giat̚/	/tɛjH/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛt̚/	/teiH/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛt̚/	/tieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛt̚/	/tieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jié	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	git6	dai3

Interjection

揭諦

1. (Buddhism) go (beyond and to enlightenment)!

Proper noun

揭諦

1. (Buddhism) name of a group of deities

Derived terms

• 阿彌揭諦／阿弥揭谛 (Cantonese)