十方
Chinese
| ten | square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just | ||
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| simp. and trad. (十方) |
十 | 方 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shífāng
- Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄈㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shíhfang
- Wade–Giles: shih2-fang1
- Yale: shŕ-fāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrfang
- Palladius: шифан (šifan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍p-hong
- Tâi-lô: si̍p-hong
- Phofsit Daibuun: sibhofng
- IPA (Xiamen): /sip̚⁴⁻³² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sip̚²⁴⁻² hɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /sip̚⁴⁻³² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sip̚⁴⁻³² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: dzyip pjang
Noun
十方
- (Buddhism) the ten positions: four cardinal directions (north, south, east and west), the four ordinal directions, and the zenith and nadir
Derived terms
- 十方世界
- 十方佛 (shífāngfó)
- 十方剎 / 十方刹
- 十方十佛
- 十方地面
- 十方常住
- 十方界
- 吃十方
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “十方” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].