寺院

Chinese

		Buddhist temple	courtyard; institution
trad. (寺院)		寺	院
simp. #(寺院)		寺	院

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jyun^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sī-īⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-yüan⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyuann
    • Palladius: сыюань (syjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ jyun^6-2
    • Yale: jih yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jyn^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yun^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jyːn²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-īⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sī-īnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: six'vi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si²²⁻²¹ ĩ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁴¹⁻²² ĩ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ ĩ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si³³⁻¹¹ ĩ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ ĩ³³/

Noun

寺院

1. Buddhist temple
2. monastery

Synonyms

• (Buddhist temple): 禪房／禅房 (chánfáng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (寺院):

• → Japanese: 寺(じ)院(いん) (jīn)
• → Korean: 사원(寺院) (sawon)
• → Vietnamese: tự viện (寺院)

See also

• 修道院 (xiūdàoyuàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寺	院
じ Grade: 2	いん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じいん [jíꜜìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiĩɴ]

Noun

寺(じ)院(いん) • (jiin) ^{←じゐん (ziwin)?}

1. Buddhist temple, wat

Korean

Hanja in this term
寺	院

Noun

寺院 • (sawon) (hangeul 사원)

1. hanja form^? of 사원 (“temple”)