甘露
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Chinese
[edit]| sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.) | to show; to reveal; to expose to show; to reveal; to expose; dew | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (甘露) | 甘 | 露 | |
| simp. #(甘露) | 甘 | 露 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gam1 lou6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâm-lu
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kam-lō͘
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄌㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ganlù
- Wade–Giles: kan1-lu4
- Yale: gān-lù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganluh
- Palladius: ганьлу (ganʹlu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kän⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gam1 lou6
- Yale: gām louh
- Cantonese Pinyin: gam1 lou6
- Guangdong Romanization: gem1 lou6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐm⁵⁵ lou̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm-lu
- Hakka Romanization System: gamˊ lu
- Hagfa Pinyim: gam1 lu4
- Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Etymology 1
[edit]Translation of Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal”). Tibetan equivalent is བདུད་རྩི (bdud rtsi).
Noun
[edit]甘露
- (Buddhism) amrita
- (mythology) immortality potion
- sweet dew
- honeydew (sweet, sticky secretion by aphids); nectar
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922),
“甘露” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
Etymology 2
[edit]Phono-semantic matching of English Kamloops.
Proper noun
[edit]甘露
- (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Kamloops (a city in British Columbia, Canada)
Synonyms
[edit]Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 甘 | 露 |
| かん Grade: S |
ろ Grade: S |
| on'yomi | kan'on |
Noun
[edit]- (Hindu mythology) amrita
- (Buddhism, figurative) (by extension) Buddha's teachings
- (Chinese mythology) a heaven-bestowed elixir of immortality
- something sweet; a sweetness
- honeydew, nectar
- high-grade sencha
- Clipping of 甘露種 (kanroshu, “a kind of sweet wine”)
- Clipping of 甘露水 (kanrosui, “sweetened water”)
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