超度

Chinese

		to exceed; overtake; surpass to exceed; overtake; surpass; transcend; ultra-; super-; to pass; to cross	capacity; degree; standard
simp. and trad. (超度)		超	度
alternative forms		超渡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chāodù

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄠㄉㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu¹ dou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiau-tō͘ / thiau-tō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chāodù
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄠㄉㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chaodù
  - Wade–Giles: chʻao¹-tu⁴
  - Yale: chāu-dù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chauduh
  - Palladius: чаоду (čaodu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ciu¹ dou⁶
  - Yale: chīu douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu¹ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qiu¹ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiau-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshiau-tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiau'do
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiau³³ tɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: thiau-tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiau'do
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ²²/

Verb

超度

to surpass; to transcend
- 猗那先子，超度名輩。遠圖中輟，貽慶後代。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  猗那先子，超度名辈。远图中辍，贻庆后代。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 唐．馮宿《天平軍節度使殷公家廟碑》
  Yī nà xiān zǐ, chāodù míngbèi. Yuǎn tú zhōngchuò, yí qìng hòudài. [Pinyin]
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(religion) to release souls from the purgatory; to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace
- 多虧長老超度，已消了罪業，上中華富地，長者家去托生。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  多亏长老超度，已消了罪业，上中华富地，长者家去托生。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE
  Duōkuī zhǎnglǎo chāodù, yǐ xiāo le zuìyè, shàng zhōnghuá fù dì, zhǎngzhě jiā qù tuōshēng. [Pinyin]
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- 又有極大的法船，照依佛家中元地獄赦罪之說，超度這些孤魂升天。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  又有极大的法船，照依佛家中元地狱赦罪之说，超度这些孤魂升天。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
  Yòu yǒu jídà de fǎchuán, zhào yī fójiā zhōngyuán dìyù shèzuì zhī shuō, chāodù zhèxiē gūhún shēngtiān. [Pinyin]
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References

“超度”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.