頓悟

Chinese

		a time; jerk; stop a time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating)	comprehend
trad. (頓悟)		頓	悟
simp. (顿悟)		顿	悟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dùnwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deon⁶ ng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dùnwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dùnwù
    • Wade–Giles: tun⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: dwùn-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duennwuh
    • Palladius: дуньу (dunʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deon⁶ ng⁶
    • Yale: deuhn ngh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doen⁶ ng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dên⁶ ng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵn²² ŋ̍²²/

Verb

頓悟

1. to come to a sudden realization; to have an epiphany
2. (Buddhism) to attain enlightenment

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頓	悟
とん Grade: S	ご Grade: S
on’yomi	kan’on

Noun

頓(とん)悟(ご) • (tongo) 

1. (Buddhism) sudden enlightenment