慧眼
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Etymology
Translation of Sanskrit प्रज्ञाचक्षुस् (prajñācakṣus, “eye of understanding; eye of wisdom”) or Pali paññācakkhu (“idem”). Tibetan equivalent is ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་སྤྱན (shes rab kyi spyan, “eye of wisdom”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wai6 ngaan5
- Eastern Min (BUC): hiê-ngāng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hūi-gán
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6we-nge
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huèiyǎn
- Wade–Giles: hui4-yen3
- Yale: hwèi-yǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueyyean
- Palladius: хуэйянь (xuejjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wai6 ngaan5
- Yale: waih ngáahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai6 ngaan5
- Guangdong Romanization: wei6 ngan5
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐi̯²² ŋaːn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hiê-ngāng
- Sinological IPA (key): /hie²⁴²⁻⁵³ ŋaŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: hwejH ngeanX
Noun
慧眼
- (Buddhism) mind which perceives both past and future; an all-seeing mind
- (figurative) mental discernment; insight; acumen
Synonyms
- (mental discernment):
Derived terms
- 別具慧眼／别具慧眼
- 慧眼獨具／慧眼独具
- 慧眼識珠／慧眼识珠
- 慧眼識英雄／慧眼识英雄
- 慧眼通
- 獨具慧眼／独具慧眼
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (慧眼):
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