帝釋

Chinese

		emperor	phonetic
trad. (帝釋)		帝	釋
simp. (帝释)		帝	释

Etymology

Chinese 帝 (dì, “emperor”) + clipping of Sanskrit शक्र (śakra).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dìshì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄕˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dìshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dìshìh
  - Wade–Giles: Ti⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: Dì-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dihshyh
  - Palladius: Диши (Diši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: tejH syek

Rime
Character	帝	釋
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	都計切	施隻切
Baxter	tejH	syek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tei^H/	/ɕiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tei^H/	/ɕiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛi^H/	/ɕiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛj^H/	/ɕiajk̚/
Li Rong	/tei^H/	/ɕiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/tiei^H/	/ɕĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tiei^H/	/ɕi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì	shi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dai³	sik¹

Proper noun

帝釋

(Buddhism) Sakra
- 應以帝釋身得度者，即現帝釋身而為說法。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  应以帝释身得度者，即现帝释身而为说法。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Lotus Sūtra, translated by Kumārajīva circa 5^th century CE
  Yìng yǐ Dìshì shēn dé dù zhě, jí xiàn Dìshì shēn ér wèi shuōfǎ. [Pinyin]
  If they should be liberated by one in the appearance of Sakra, [ Avalokiteśvara ] appears as Sakra to speak the Dharma for them.