菩提

菩提

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (菩提)		菩	提
simp. #(菩提)		菩	提

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pútí

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴ tai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phù-tì
• Min Nan (POJ): phô͘-thê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pútí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pútí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu²-tʻi²
    • Yale: pú-tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwutyi
    • Palladius: пути (puti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ tʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁴ tai⁴
    • Yale: pòuh tàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ tai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ tei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹ tʰɐi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phù-tì
    • Hakka Romanization System: puˇ diˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu² di²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu¹¹ ti¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘-thê
    • Tâi-lô: phôo-thê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pho'tee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰe²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰe²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³⁻²² tʰe¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰe²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²³⁻³³ tʰe²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /buo  dei/

Rime
Character	菩	提
Reading #	1/4	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	薄胡切	杜奚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buo/	/dei/
Pan Wuyun	/buo/	/dei/
Shao Rongfen	/bo/	/dɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔ/	/dɛj/
Li Rong	/bo/	/dei/
Wang Li	/bu/	/diei/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuo/	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pú	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou4	tai4

Noun

菩提

1. (Buddhism) bodhi
2. Short for 菩提樹／菩提树 (pútíshù, “bodhi tree”).
3. Short for 菩提子 (pútízǐ, “bodhi seeds; bodhi beads”).

Derived terms

三藐三菩提 (sānmiǎo sānpútí) 菩提子 (pútízǐ) 菩提流志 菩提流支 菩提迦耶

菩提樹／菩提树 (pútíshù) 菩提正道菩薩戒論／菩提正道菩萨戒论 菩提道次第廣論／菩提道次第广论 菩提道燈論／菩提道灯论 (Pútí Dào Dēng Lùn) 菩提達摩／菩提达摩

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (菩提):

• → Japanese: 菩提(ぼだい) (bodai)
• → Korean: 보제(菩提) (boje), 보리(菩提) (bori)
• → Vietnamese: bồ đề (菩提)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
菩	提
ぼ Jinmeiyō	だい Grade: 5
kan’yōon	goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 菩提 (MC buo dei), a transliteration of Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi), [1][2][3][4][5] or Pali bodhi.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼだい [bòdáí] (Heiban – [0])[4][6]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞da̠i]

Noun

菩(ぼ)提(だい) • (bodai) 

1. (Buddhism) bodhi:
   1. supreme enlightenment or wisdom
   2. reaching nirvana
   3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   4. (by extension) a Buddhist doctrine

      Synonym: 仏道 (Butsudō)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)院(いん) (bodaiin)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)講(こう) (bodaikō)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)声(ごえ) (bodaigoe)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)薩(さっ)埵(た) (bodai-satta)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)子(し) (bodaishi)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)寺(じ) (bodaiji)
• 菩(ボ)提(ダイ)樹(ジュ) (bodaiju)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)所(しょ) (bodaisho)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)心(しん) (bodaishin)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)樹(ず) (bodaizu)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)達磨(だるま) (bodaidaruma)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)の種(たね) (bodai no tane)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)の水(みず) (bodai no mizu)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)の道(みち) (bodai no michi)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)門(もん) (bodaimon)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)楽(らく) (bodairaku)
• 阿(あ)耨(のく)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (anoku bodai)
• 後(ご)生(しょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (goshō bodai)
• 後(ご)世(せ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (gose bodai)
• ささ点(てん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sasaten bodai)
• 三(さん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sanbodai)
• 三(さん)仏(ぶつ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sanbutsu bodai)
• 上(じょう)求(ぐ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (jōgu bodai)
• 証(しょう)大(だい)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (shōdaibodai)
• 即(そく)身(しん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sokushin bodai)
• 頓(とん)証(しょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (tonshō bodai)
• 仏(ぶっ)果(か)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (bukka bodai)
• 煩(ぼん)悩(のう)あれば菩(ぼ)提(だい)あり (bonnō areba bodai ari)
• 煩(ぼん)悩(のう)即(そく)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (bonnō soku bodai)
• 無(む)上(じょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (mujō bodai)

Idioms

• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)を弔(とむら)う (bodai o tomurau)
• 小(しょう)智(ち)は菩(ぼ)提(だい)の妨(さまた)げ (shōchi wa bodai no samatage)

Descendants

• → English: bodai

See also

• 悟(さと)り (satori)

Proper noun

菩(ぼ)提(だい) • (Bodai) 

1. a placename
2. a surname

Compounds

• 求菩提(くぼて)山(さん) (Kubote-san)
• 須菩(しゅぼ)提(だい) (Shubodai), 須菩(すぼ)提(だい) (Subodai)

References

1. “菩提”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
3. “菩提”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
5. “菩提”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
6. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN