梵宇

Chinese

		Brahma; Sanskrit	room; universe
trad. (梵宇)		梵	宇
simp. ^#(梵宇)		梵	宇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fànyǔ, fányǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄩˇ, ㄈㄢˊ ㄩˇ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ve-yu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fànyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fànyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: fan⁴-yü³
  - Yale: fàn-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannyeu
  - Palladius: фаньюй (fanʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    梵宇
    梵語 / 梵语
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fányǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fányǔ
  - Wade–Giles: fan²-yü³
  - Yale: fán-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnyeu
  - Palladius: фаньюй (fanʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ve-yu
  - MiniDict: ve^去 yu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve-hhy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve²² ɦy⁴⁴/

Noun

梵宇

(literary) Buddhist temple

Synonyms

佛寺 (fósì) (Buddhist temple)
佛教堂 (Philippine Hokkien)
和尚寺 (Puxian Min)
宮廟 / 宫庙 (Hokkien, Teochew)
寶剎 / 宝刹 (bǎochà) (Buddhist temple)
寺
寺廟 / 寺庙 (sìmiào)
尪廟 / 尪庙 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
山門 / 山门 (shānmén)
廟 / 庙 (miào)
廟宇 / 庙宇 (miàoyǔ)
廟寺 / 庙寺 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
禪寺 / 禅寺 (chánsì) (Buddhist temple)
禪房 / 禅房 (chánfáng) (Buddhist temple)
禪林 / 禅林 (chánlín) (Buddhist temple)
禪院 / 禅院 (chányuàn) (Buddhist temple)

Derived terms

琳宮梵宇 / 琳宫梵宇

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (梵宇):

→ Korean: 범우(梵宇) (beomu)
→ Vietnamese: phạn vũ (梵宇)

Further reading

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