三身

Chinese

		three	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (三身)		三	身
simp. ^#(三身)		三	身

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit त्रिकाय (trikāya, “three bodies”). The Tibetan equivalent is སྐུ་གསུམ (sku gsum).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ san¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sanshen
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-shên¹
  - Yale: sān-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanshen
  - Palladius: саньшэнь (sanʹšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ san¹
  - Yale: sāam sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

三身

(Buddhism) Trikaya

Hyponyms

法身 (fǎshēn)
報身／报身 (bàoshēn)
應身／应身 (yìngshēn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (三身):

→ Japanese: 三身(さんじん) (sanjin); 三身(さんしん) (sanshin)
→ Korean: 삼신(三身) (samsin)
→ Vietnamese: tam thân (三身)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “三身” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].