般若湯

Chinese

		prajñā; Buddhist transcendental wisdom	soup; hot water
trad. (般若湯)		般若	湯
simp. (般若汤)		般若	汤

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bōrětāng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛㄖㄜˇ ㄊㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ je⁵ tong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bōrětāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛㄖㄜˇ ㄊㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: borětang
  - Wade–Giles: po¹-jê³-tʻang¹
  - Yale: bwō-rě-tāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boreetang
  - Palladius: божэтан (božɛtan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bo¹ je⁵ tong¹
  - Yale: bō yéh tōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ je⁵ tong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ yé⁵ tong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ jɛː¹³ tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

般若湯

(Buddhism, euphemistic) alcohol; wine
- 曲肱但作吉祥卧，澆舌惟無般若湯。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  曲肱但作吉祥卧，浇舌惟无般若汤。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Song dynasty, 謝逸 [Xie Yi], 聞幼槃弟歸喜而有作
  Qūgōng dàn zuò jíxiáng wò, jiāoshé wéi wú bōrětāng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (般若湯):

→ Japanese: 般若湯(はんにゃとう) (hannyatō)
→ Korean: 반야탕(般若湯) (banyatang)

References

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

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
般	若	湯
はん Grade: S	にゃ Grade: 6	とう Grade: 3
kan'on	goon	kan'on

From Middle Chinese 般若湯 (MC pan nyaeX thang).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [hã̠ɲ̟ːa̠to̞ː]

Noun

般(はん)若(にゃ)湯(とう) or 般若湯(ハンニャトウ) • (hannyatō)

(Buddhism, euphemistic) rice wine; saké