五逆罪

Chinese

		five	contrary; opposite; backwards contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel	guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
trad. (五逆罪)		五	逆	罪
simp. ^#(五逆罪)		五	逆	罪

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit अनन्तर्यकर्म (anantaryakarma, “action of immediate cause”), made of अनन्तर्य (anantarya, “immediate cause”) and कर्मन् (karman, “work, action”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔnìzuì

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄋㄧˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ jik⁶ zeoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔnìzuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄋㄧˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔnìzuèi
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-ni⁴-tsui⁴
  - Yale: wǔ-nì-dzwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuunihtzuey
  - Palladius: уницзуй (uniczuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ jik⁶ zeoi⁶
  - Yale: ńgh yihk jeuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ jik⁹ dzoey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ yig⁶ zêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ jɪk̚² t͡sɵy̯²²/

Noun

五逆罪

(Buddhism) Five great offences, or Anantarika-karma: five of the gravest sins that doom an offender to the lowest hell.