韋馱

韋馱

See also: 韋駄天

Chinese

		surname; soft leather	carry on back
trad. (韋馱)		韋	馱
simp. (韦驮)		韦	驮
alternative forms		韋陀／韦陀

Etymology

Sanskrit स्कन्द (skanda) > transcriptions 塞建陀, 私建陀 > short form 建陀 > misspellings 違陀, 違馱 > the current form.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wéituó

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ

• Min Nan (POJ): úi-tô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wéituó
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wéituó
    • Wade–Giles: Wei²-tʻo²
    • Yale: Wéi-twó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Weitwo
    • Palladius: Вэйто (Vɛjto)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ tʰwɔ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-tô
    • Tâi-lô: uí-tô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uy'dooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ²³/

Proper noun

韋馱

1. (Buddhism) Skanda