三災
Chinese
| three | disaster; calamity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (三災) | 三 | 災 | |
| simp. (三灾) | 三 | 灾 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sān zāi
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄗㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: san zai
- Wade–Giles: san1 tsai1
- Yale: sān dzāi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: san tzai
- Palladius: сань цзай (sanʹ czaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
三災
- (Buddhism) The three calamities at the end of a kalpa; namely, those of fire, flooding, and wind.
- 佛告比丘：「世有三災。云何為三？一者火災，二者水災，三者風災。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Dirgha Agama)
- Fó gào bǐqiū: “Shì yǒu sānzāi. Yúnhé wèi sān? Yī zhě huǒzāi, èr zhě shuǐzāi, sān zhě fēngzāi.” [Pinyin]
- The Buddha told the bhikshus: "There are three calamities in a world-period. What are those three? The first is the calamity of fire, the second is the calamity of water, the third is the calamity of wind.
佛告比丘：「世有三灾。云何为三？一者火灾，二者水灾，三者风灾。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]