般若湯

Chinese

		prajñā; Buddhist wisdom	soup; hot water
trad. (般若湯)		般若	湯
simp. (般若汤)		般若	汤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōrětāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄖㄜˇ ㄊㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ je⁵ tong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōrětāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄖㄜˇ ㄊㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: borětang
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-jê³-tʻang¹
    • Yale: bwō-rě-tāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boreetang
    • Palladius: божэтан (božɛtan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ je⁵ tong¹
    • Yale: bō yéh tōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ je⁵ tong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ yé⁵ tong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ jɛː¹³ tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

般若湯

1. (Buddhism, euphemistic) alcohol; wine

   • 曲肱但作吉祥卧，澆舌惟無般若湯。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     曲肱但作吉祥卧，浇舌惟无般若汤。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Song dynasty, 謝逸 [Xie Yi], 聞幼槃弟歸喜而有作

     Qūgōng dàn zuò jíxiáng wò, jiāoshé wéi wú bōrětāng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (般若湯):

• → Japanese: 般若湯(はんにゃとう) (hannyatō)
• → Korean: 반야탕(般若湯) (banyatang)

References

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

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
般	若	湯
はん Grade: S	にゃ Grade: 6	とう Grade: 3
kan’on	goon	kan’on

From Middle Chinese 般若湯 (MC pan nyaeX thang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hã̠ɲ̟ɲ̟a̠to̞ː]

Noun

般(はん)若(にゃ)湯(とう) or 般若湯(ハンニャトウ) • (hannyatō) 

1. (Buddhism, euphemistic) wine; saké