剎那

剎那

See also: 刹那

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (剎那)		剎	那
simp. (刹那)		刹	那

Etymology

From Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chànà, shànà, chànuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ, ㄕㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ, ㄔㄚˋ ㄋㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ naa⁵, saat³ no⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chànà
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chànà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-na⁴
    • Yale: chà-nà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahnah
    • Palladius: чана (čana)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, nonstandard or dialectal)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shànà
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànà
    • Wade–Giles: sha⁴-na⁴
    • Yale: shà-nà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahnah
    • Palladius: шана (šana)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chànuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄋㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chànuó
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-no²
    • Yale: chà-nwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahnuo
    • Palladius: чано (čano)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ nwɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: saat³ naa⁵, saat³ no⁴
    • Yale: saat náh, saat nòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ naa⁵, saat⁸ no⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ na⁵, sad³ no⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ naː¹³/, /saːt̚³ nɔː²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 剎那／刹那 薩那／萨那

Note: saat3 no4 - rare.

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃʰˠɛt̚  nɑ/

Rime
Character	剎	那
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Initial (聲)	初 (19)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	刪 (75)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	初鎋切	諾何切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠɛt̚/	/nɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚæt̚/	/nɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰæt̚/	/nɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰəɨt̚/	/na/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰɛt̚/	/nɑ/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰæt̚/	/nɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰat̚/	/nɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cha	nuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caat3	no4

Noun

剎那

1. (originally Buddhism) instant; moment; split-second

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation shà in 剎那.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 剎那

一目𥍉仔 (chi̍t-ba̍k-nih-á) (Min Nan) 少刻 (shǎokè) 片刻 (piànkè) 瞬息 (shùnxī) 一剎／一刹 (yīchà) 一剎那／一刹那 (yīchànà) 一會兒／一会儿 (yīhuìr) 一瞬間／一瞬间 (yīshùnjiān)

少時／少时 (shǎoshí) 少頃／少顷 (shǎoqǐng) 時刻／时刻 (shíkè) 有頃／有顷 (yǒuqǐng) (literary) 瞬間／瞬间 (shùnjiān) 霎時／霎时 (shàshí) 頃刻／顷刻 (qǐngkè)

Derived terms

一剎那／一刹那 (yīchànà)

剎那間／刹那间

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (剎那):

• → Japanese: 刹那(せつな) (setsuna)
• → Korean: 찰나(刹那) (challa)
• → Vietnamese: sát na (剎那)