觀音菩薩

Chinese

		Guanyin; Guanyin	bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person
trad. (觀音菩薩)		觀音	菩薩
simp. (观音菩萨)		观音	菩萨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guānyīn Púsà

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄧㄣ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ jam¹ pou⁴ saat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Koan-im-phô͘-sat
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kuoe-in-bu-saq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): konn¹ in¹ bu² sa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guānyīn Púsà → Guānyīn Púsa (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄧㄣ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ → ㄍㄨㄢ ㄧㄣ ㄆㄨˊ ˙ㄙㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Guanyin Púså
    • Wade–Giles: Kuan¹-yin¹ Pʻu²-sa⁵
    • Yale: Gwān-yīn Pú-sa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guanin Pwu.sah
    • Palladius: Гуаньинь Пуса (Guanʹinʹ Pusa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ in⁵⁵ pʰu³⁵ sä⁵¹/ → /ku̯än⁵⁵ in⁵⁵ pʰu³⁵ sä³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ jam¹ pou⁴ saat³
    • Yale: gūn yām pòuh saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ jam¹ pou⁴ saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ yem¹ pou⁴ sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵ pʰou̯²¹ saːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koan-im-phô͘-sat
    • Tâi-lô: Kuan-im-phôo-sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koan'imphosad
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰɔ²³⁻³³ sat̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹kuoe-in-bu-saq
    • MiniDict: kuoe^平 in bu sah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kuoe-in-bu-saq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuø⁵⁵ in³³ bu³³ saʔ²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: konn¹ in¹ bu² sa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰõ³³ in³³ pu¹³ sa̠²⁴/

Proper noun

觀音菩薩

1. (Buddhism) Guanyin

Synonyms

• 觀世音菩薩／观世音菩萨 (Guānshìyīn Púsà)
• 觀音／观音 (Guānyīn)
• 觀世音／观世音 (Guānshìyīn)
• (Hokkien) 觀音媽／观音妈
• (Teochew) 觀音娘／观音娘

Noun

觀音菩薩

1. (Xiang, figurative) benevolent person