應身

Chinese

		to answer; to respond; ought	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (應身)		應	身
simp. (应身)		应	身

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit निर्माणकाय (nirmāṇakāya, “body of transformations”). The Tibetan equivalent is སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ (sprul sku).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìngshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìngshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìngshen
  - Wade–Giles: ying⁴-shên¹
  - Yale: yìng-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqshen
  - Palladius: иншэнь (inšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/

Noun

應身

(Buddhism) nirmāṇakāya

Related terms

三身 (sānshēn)
報身 / 报身 (bàoshēn)
法身 (fǎshēn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (應身):

→ Japanese: 応身(おうしん) (ōshin)
→ Korean: 응신(應身) (eungsin)

Further reading

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