菩提

Chinese

	phonetic
trad. (菩提)	菩	提
simp. ^#(菩提)	菩	提
alternative forms	𦬢𦬵

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pútí

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴ tai⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phù-tì
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘-thê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pútí
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pútí
  - Wade–Giles: pʻu²-tʻi²
  - Yale: pú-tí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwutyi
  - Palladius: пути (puti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ tʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pou⁴ tai⁴
  - Yale: pòuh tàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ tai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ tei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹ tʰɐi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phù-tì
  - Hakka Romanization System: pu^ˇ di^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pu² di²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰu¹¹ ti¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘-thê
  - Tâi-lô: phôo-thê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pho'tee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰe²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰe²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³⁻²² tʰe¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰe²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²³⁻³³ tʰe²³/

Middle Chinese: bu dej

Rime
Character	菩	提
Reading #	1/4	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	薄胡切	杜奚切
Baxter	bu	dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buo/	/dei/
Pan Wuyun	/buo/	/dei/
Shao Rongfen	/bo/	/dɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔ/	/dɛj/
Li Rong	/bo/	/dei/
Wang Li	/bu/	/diei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuo/	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pú	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou⁴	tai⁴

Noun

菩提

(Buddhism) bodhi, enlightenment.
- 地獄不空，誓不成佛；眾生度盡，方證菩提。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  地狱不空，誓不成佛；众生度尽，方证菩提。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra
  Dìyù bù kōng, shì bù chéngfó; zhòngshēng dù jìn, fāng zhèng pútí. [Pinyin]
  Until the hells are empty, I vow to not attain Buddhahood; only when all living beings are saved, shall I attain enlightenment.
short for 菩提樹／菩提树 (pútíshù, “bodhi tree”)
short for 菩提子 (pútízǐ, “bodhi seeds; bodhi beads”)

Derived terms

三藐三菩提 (sānmiǎo sānpútí)
菩提子 (pútízǐ)
菩提樹 / 菩提树 (pútíshù)
菩提正道菩薩戒論 / 菩提正道菩萨戒论
菩提流志
菩提流支
菩提迦耶
菩提達摩 / 菩提达摩 (Pútídámó)
菩提道次第廣論 / 菩提道次第广论
菩提道燈論 / 菩提道灯论 (Pútí Dào Dēng Lùn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (菩提):

→ Japanese: 菩提(ぼだい) (bodai)
→ Korean: 보제(菩提) (boje), 보리(菩提) (bori)
→ Vietnamese: bồ đề (菩提)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
菩	提
ぼ Jinmeiyō	だい Grade: 5
kan'yōon	goon

Alternative spelling
𬻋

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 菩提 (MC bu dej), a transliteration of Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] or Pali bodhi.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぼだい [bòdáí] (Heiban – [0])^[4]^[6]
IPA^(key): [bo̞da̠i]

Noun

菩(ぼ)提(だい) • (bodai)

(Buddhism) bodhi:
1. supreme enlightenment or wisdom
2. reaching nirvana
3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
4. (by extension) a Buddhist doctrine
  Synonym: 仏道 (Butsudō)

Derived terms

菩(ぼ)提(だい)院(いん) (bodaīn)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)講(こう) (bodaikō)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)声(ごえ) (bodaigoe)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)薩(さっ)埵(た) (bodai-satta)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)子(し) (bodaishi)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)寺(じ) (bodaiji)
菩(ボ)提(ダイ)樹(ジュ) (bodaiju)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)所(しょ) (bodaisho)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)心(しん) (bodaishin)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)樹(ず) (bodaizu)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)達磨(だるま) (bodaidaruma)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)の種(たね) (bodai no tane)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)の水(みず) (bodai no mizu)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)の道(みち) (bodai no michi)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)門(もん) (bodaimon)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)楽(らく) (bodairaku)
阿(あ)耨(のく)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (anoku bodai)
後(ご)生(しょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (goshō bodai)
後(ご)世(せ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (gose bodai)
ささ点(てん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sasaten bodai)
三(さん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sanbodai)
三(さん)仏(ぶつ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sanbutsu bodai)
上(じょう)求(ぐ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (jōgu bodai)
証(しょう)大(だい)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (shōdaibodai)
即(そく)身(しん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sokushin bodai)
頓(とん)証(しょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (tonshō bodai)
仏(ぶっ)果(か)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (bukka bodai)
煩(ぼん)悩(のう)あれば菩(ぼ)提(だい)あり (bonnō areba bodai ari)
煩(ぼん)悩(のう)即(そく)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (bonnō soku bodai)
無(む)上(じょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (mujō bodai)

Idioms

菩(ぼ)提(だい)を弔(とむら)う (bodai o tomurau)
小(しょう)智(ち)は菩(ぼ)提(だい)の妨(さまた)げ (shōchi wa bodai no samatage)

Descendants

→ English: bodai

Proper noun

菩(ぼ)提(だい) • (Bodai)

a placename
a surname

Compounds

求菩提(くぼて)山(さん) (Kubote-san)
須菩(しゅぼ)提(だい) (Shubodai), 須菩(すぼ)提(だい) (Subodai)

References

^ “菩提”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ “菩提”, in 改訂新版世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “菩提”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
菩	提

Noun

菩提 • (bori) (hangeul 보리)

hanja form^? of 보리 (“bodhi; enlightenment”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
菩	提

Noun

菩提

chữ Hán form of bồ đề (“bodhi; enlightenment”)

Derived terms

菩提心 (bồ đề tâm)

[1] “菩提”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

[2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[3] “菩提”, in 改訂新版世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN

[DJR-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[5] “菩提”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014

[NHK-6] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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