蘇波呵

蘇波呵

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蘇波呵)		蘇	波	呵
simp. (苏波呵)		苏	波	呵
alternative forms		娑婆訶／娑婆诃

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वाहा (svāhā).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sūbōhē

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨ ㄅㄛ ㄏㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sūbōhē
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨ ㄅㄛ ㄏㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: subohe
    • Wade–Giles: su¹-po¹-ho¹
    • Yale: sū-bwō-hē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: subohe
    • Palladius: субохэ (suboxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵ pwɔ⁵⁵ xɤ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /suo  puɑ  hɑ/

Rime
Character	蘇	波	呵
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	幫 (1)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	戈 (95)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	素姑切	博禾切	虎何切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suo/	/puɑ/	/hɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/suo/	/puɑ/	/hɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/so/	/puɑ/	/xɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɔ/	/pwa/	/ha/
Li Rong	/so/	/puɑ/	/xɑ/
Wang Li	/su/	/puɑ/	/xɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/suo/	/puɑ/	/xɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sū	bō	hē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou1	bo1	ho1

Interjection

蘇波呵

1. Alternative form of 娑婆訶／娑婆诃 (sàpóhē): (Buddhism, Hinduism) svaha (said during oblation)