一闡提

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (一闡提)		一	闡	提
simp. (一阐提)		一	阐	提

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit इच्छन्तिक (icchantika).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīchántí

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīchántí [Phonetic: yìchántí]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yichántí
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-chʻan²-tʻi²
  - Yale: yī-chán-tí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: icharntyi
  - Palladius: ичаньти (ičanʹti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ tʰi³⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'jit tsyhenX dzye|dej

Rime
Character	一	闡	提	提
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	昌 (24)	常 (25)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	仙 (77)	支 (11)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	IV
Fanqie	於悉切	昌善切	是支切	杜奚切
Baxter	'jit	tsyhenX	dzye	dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪt̚/	/t͡ɕʰiᴇn^X/	/d͡ʑiᴇ/	/dei/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔit̚/	/t͡ɕʰiɛn^X/	/d͡ʑiɛ/	/dei/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjet̚/	/t͡ɕʰjæn^X/	/d͡ʑjɛ/	/dɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔit̚/	/cʰian^X/	/d͡ʑiə̆/	/dɛj/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕt̚/	/t͡ɕʰiɛn^X/	/ʑie/	/dei/
Wang Li	/ĭĕt̚/	/t͡ɕʰĭɛn^X/	/ʑǐe/	/diei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕt̚/	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn^X/	/ʑie̯/	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi	chǎn	chí	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat¹	cin²	si⁴	tai⁴

Noun

一闡提

(Buddhism) an incorrigible unbeliever

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “一闡提” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].