尸羅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (尸羅)		尸	羅
simp. (尸罗)		尸	罗

Etymology

From Sanskrit शील (śīla).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīluó

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄌㄨㄛˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīluó
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄌㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihluó
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-lo²
  - Yale: shr̄-lwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyluo
  - Palladius: шило (šilo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: syij la

Rime
Character	尸	羅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	式之切	魯何切
Baxter	syij	la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪ/	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕi/	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjɪ/	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕi/	/la/
Li Rong	/ɕi/	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/ɕi/	/lɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi/	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si¹	lo⁴

Noun

尸羅

(Buddhism) ethical regulations; precepts.
Synonym: 戒 (jiè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (尸羅):

→ Japanese: 尸(し)羅(ら) (shira)
→ Korean: 시라(尸羅) (sira)

Further reading

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