波羅蜜多

See also: 波罗蜜多

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (波羅蜜多)		波	羅	蜜	多
simp. (波罗蜜多)		波	罗	蜜	多

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पारमिता (pāramitā).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bōluómìduō

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄛ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bōluómìduō
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: boluómìduo
  - Wade–Giles: po¹-lo²-mi⁴-to¹
  - Yale: bwō-lwó-mì-dwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boluomihduo
  - Palladius: боломидо (bolomido)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mi⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: pa la mjit ta

Rime
Character	波	羅	蜜	多
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	來 (37)	明 (4)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	歌 (94)	質 (48)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III	I
Fanqie	博禾切	魯何切	彌畢切	得何切
Baxter	pa	la	mjit	ta
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puɑ/	/lɑ/	/miɪt̚/	/tɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/puɑ/	/lɑ/	/mit̚/	/tɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑ/	/lɑ/	/mjet̚/	/tɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwa/	/la/	/mit̚/	/ta/
Li Rong	/puɑ/	/lɑ/	/miĕt̚/	/tɑ/
Wang Li	/puɑ/	/lɑ/	/mĭĕt̚/	/tɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/puɑ/	/lɑ/	/mi̯ĕt̚/	/tɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bō	luó	mì	duō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bo¹	lo⁴	mat⁶	do¹

Noun

波羅蜜多

(Buddhism) Alternative name for 波羅蜜／波罗蜜 (bōluómì, “paramita”).

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (波羅蜜多):

→ Vietnamese: ba-la-mật-đa (波羅蜜多)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
波	羅	蜜	多

Noun

波羅蜜多

chữ Hán form of ba-la-mật-đa (“paramita”)