大千世界
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Chinese[edit]
great thousand | world; the World | ||
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simp. and trad. (大千世界) |
大千 | 世界 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàcianshìhjiè
- Wade–Giles: ta4-chʻien1-shih4-chieh4
- Yale: dà-chyān-shr̀-jyè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahchianshyhjieh
- Palladius: дацяньшицзе (dacjanʹšicze)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 cin1 sai3 gaai3
- Yale: daaih chīn sai gaai
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 tsin1 sai3 gaai3
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 qin1 sei3 gai3
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³ kaːi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: dajH|daH tshen syejH keajH
Noun[edit]
大千世界
- (Buddhism) trichiliocosm (billion-fold universe)
- (by extension) the boundless universe
Derived terms[edit]
- 三千大千世界 (sānqiān-dàqiān-shìjiè)
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “大千世界” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].