Guanyin

See also: guanyin, Guānyīn, and Guan Yin

English

A 16th-century statue of Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) from the Nhân Trai Pagoda in Haiphong, Vietnam. The statue is now in the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi.

Alternative forms

Guan Yin

Etymology

From Mandarin 觀音／观音 (Guānyīn).

Proper noun

Guanyin

(religion, Buddhism) The bodhisattva of compassion, venerated by Buddhists in East and Southeast Asia; depicted variously as male or female.

Translations

the bodhisattva of compassion

Burmese: ကွမ်ရင်မယ်တော် (kwam-rangmaitau), ကွမ်ရင် (kwam-rang)
Catalan: Guanyin
Chinese:
Mandarin: 觀音／观音 (zh) (Guānyīn), 觀世音／观世音 (zh) (Guānshìyīn)
Finnish: Kuan Yin
Japanese: 観音 (ja) (かんおん, Kannon)
Korean: 관음 (ko) (Gwaneum), 관세음 (Gwanseeum)
Norwegian: Koan Jin m
Thai: กวนอิม (guanim), พระแม่กวนอิม (prá mâe guanim)
Vietnamese: Quan Âm, Quan Thế Âm

Anagrams

Guniyan