真如

See also: 眞如

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	as (if); such as
trad. (真如/眞如)		真/眞	如
simp. (真如)		真	如

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Etymology

From Sanskrit भूततथता (bhūtatathatā) or Sanskrit तथाता (tathātā).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnrú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄖㄨˊ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsen-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnrú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenrú
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-ju²
    • Yale: jēn-rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenru
    • Palladius: чжэньжу (čžɛnʹžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsen-zy
    • MiniDict: tsen^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsen-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

真如

1. (Buddhism) suchness

Proper noun

真如

1. Zhenru, a town in Shanghai, Putuo

Further reading

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