喇嘛

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (喇嘛)		喇	嘛
simp. ^#(喇嘛)		喇	嘛

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᠯᠠᠮᠠ (lama), from Classical Mongolian ᠯᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ (lam-a) and ᠪᠯᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ (blam-a), from Classical Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎma

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˇ ˙ㄇㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laa¹ maa⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): la̍h-má

(Teochew, Peng'im): la¹ ma¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎma
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ ˙ㄇㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎmå
  - Wade–Giles: la³-ma⁵
  - Yale: lǎ-ma
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laa.ma
  - Palladius: лама (lama)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä²¹⁴ mä⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laa¹ maa⁴
  - Yale: lā màh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laa¹ maa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: la¹ ma⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laː⁵⁵ maː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-má
  - Tâi-lô: la̍h-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laqmar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ mã⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: la¹ ma¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: la ma
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /la³³⁻²³ ma³³/

Noun

喇嘛

(Buddhism) lama

Derived terms

喇嘛寺 (lǎmasì)
喇嘛廟 / 喇嘛庙 (lǎmamiào)
喇嘛教 (Lǎmajiào)
喇嘛臺 / 喇嘛台
大喇嘛
扎薩克喇嘛
扎薩克大喇嘛
燒喇嘛——站起來 / 烧喇嘛——站起来
班禪喇嘛 / 班禅喇嘛 (bānchán lǎma)
達賴喇嘛 / 达赖喇嘛 (dálài lǎma)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
喇	嘛
ら Hyōgai	ま Hyōgai
kan'yōon

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ma̠]

Noun

喇(ら)嘛(ま) or 喇嘛(ラマ) • (rama)

(Buddhism) lama

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
喇	嘛

Noun

喇嘛

chữ Hán form of lạt-ma (“(Buddhism) lama”)