原罪

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
trad. (原罪)		原	罪
simp. ^#(原罪)		原	罪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánzuì

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ zeoi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-chhui / ngiàn-chhui
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): goân-chōe / goân-chǒe

(Teochew, Peng'im): nguang⁵ zuê⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuánzuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuánzuèi
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-tsui⁴
  - Yale: ywán-dzwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuantzuey
  - Palladius: юаньцзуй (juanʹczuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ zeoi⁶
  - Yale: yùhn jeuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ dzoey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ zêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ t͡sɵy̯²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-chhui
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien^ˇ cui
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² cui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ t͡sʰu̯i⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-chhui
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian^ˇ cui
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² cui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ t͡sʰu̯i⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-chōe
  - Tâi-lô: guân-tsuē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goanzoe
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ t͡sue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² t͡sue²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sue²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-chǒe
  - Tâi-lô: guân-tsuě
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sue²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nguang⁵ zuê⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguâng tsuĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sue³⁵/

Noun

原罪

(Christianity) original sin

Usage notes

Often also used figuratively in non-religious contexts.

Derived terms

聖母無原罪 / 圣母无原罪 (Shèngmǔwúyuánzuì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (原罪):

→ Japanese: 原(げん)罪(ざい) (genzai)
→ Korean: 원죄(原罪) (wonjoe)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	罪
げん Grade: 2	ざい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げんざい [gèńzáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞nd͡za̠i]

Noun

原(げん)罪(ざい) • (genzai)

(Christianity) original sin

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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