灌頂

Chinese

		irrigate; pour	go against; most; peak go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")
trad. (灌頂)		灌	頂
simp. (灌顶)		灌	顶

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guàndǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³ ding²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guàndǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guàndǐng
  - Wade–Giles: kuan⁴-ting³
  - Yale: gwàn-dǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanndiing
  - Palladius: гуаньдин (guanʹdin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵¹ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun³ ding²
  - Yale: gun díng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun³ ding²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun³ ding²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³³ tɪŋ³⁵/

Verb

灌頂

to anoint someone on the head

Derived terms

醍醐灌頂 / 醍醐灌顶 (tíhúguàndǐng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (灌頂):

→ Japanese: 灌頂(かんじょう) (kanjō)
→ Korean: 관정(灌頂) (gwanjeong)

Further reading

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