梵宇

Chinese

		Brahma; Sanskrit	room; universe
trad. (梵宇)		梵	宇
simp. #(梵宇)		梵	宇

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fànyǔ, fányǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄩˇ, ㄈㄢˊ ㄩˇ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ve-yu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fànyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fànyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fan⁴-yü³
    • Yale: fàn-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannyeu
    • Palladius: фаньюй (fanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fányǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fányǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-yü³
    • Yale: fán-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnyeu
    • Palladius: фаньюй (fanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ve-yu
    • MiniDict: ve^去 yu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve-hhy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve²² ɦy⁴⁴/

Noun

梵宇

1. (literary) Buddhist temple

Synonyms

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• 佛寺 (fósì) (Buddhist temple)
• 佛教堂 (Philippine Hokkien)
• 宮廟 / 宫庙 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 寶剎 / 宝刹 (bǎochà) (Buddhist temple)
• 寺
• 寺廟 / 寺庙 (sìmiào)
• 尪廟 / 尪庙 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 廟 / 庙 (miào)
• 廟宇 / 庙宇 (miàoyǔ)
• 廟寺 / 庙寺 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 禪寺 / 禅寺 (chánsì) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪房 / 禅房 (chánfáng) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪林 / 禅林 (chánlín) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪院 / 禅院 (chányuàn) (Buddhist temple)

Derived terms

• 琳宮梵宇 / 琳宫梵宇

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (梵宇):

• → Korean: 범우(梵宇) (beomu)
• → Vietnamese: phạn vũ (梵宇)

Further reading

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