甘露

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	to show; to reveal; to expose to show; to reveal; to expose; dew
trad. (甘露)		甘	露
simp. #(甘露)		甘	露

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ lou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâm-lu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kam-lō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganlù
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-lu⁴
    • Yale: gān-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganluh
    • Palladius: ганьлу (ganʹlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ lou⁶
    • Yale: gām louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ lou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm-lu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam´ lu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam¹ lu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: kam-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kamlo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam³³ lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/

Etymology 1

Translation of Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal”). Tibetan equivalent is བདུད་རྩི (bdud rtsi).

Noun

甘露

1. (Buddhism) amrita
2. (mythology) immortality potion
3. sweet dew
4. honeydew (sweet, sticky secretion by aphids); nectar

Derived terms

• 楊枝甘露／杨枝甘露 (yángzhī gānlù)
• 甘露之變／甘露之变
• 甘露味國／甘露味国
• 甘露味經／甘露味经
• 甘露味論／甘露味论
• 甘露子
• 甘露水漿／甘露水浆
• 甘露法雨
• 甘露滋心
• 甘露界
• 甘露經／甘露经
• 甘露醇 (gānlùchún)
• 甘露飯／甘露饭
• 甘露鼓經／甘露鼓经

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (甘露):

• → Japanese: 甘(かん)露(ろ) (kanro)
• → Korean: 감로(甘露) (gamno)
• → Vietnamese: cam lộ, cam lồ (甘露)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “甘露” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English Kamloops.

Proper noun

甘露

1. (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Kamloops (a city in British Columbia, Canada)

Synonyms

• (Mainland China) 坎盧普斯／坎卢普斯 (Kǎnlúpǔsī)
• (Cantonese) 錦碌／锦碌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
甘	露
かん Grade: S	ろ Grade: S
on’yomi	kan’on

Noun

甘(かん)露(ろ) • (kanro) 

1. (Hindu mythology) amrita
2. (Buddhism, figurative) (by extension) Buddha's teachings
3. (Chinese mythology) a heaven-bestowed elixir of immortality
4. something sweet; a sweetness
5. honeydew, nectar
6. high-grade sencha
7. Clipping of 甘露種 (kanroshu, “a kind of sweet wine”)
8. Clipping of 甘露水 (kanrosui, “sweetened water”)