偈頌

Chinese

		forceful; martial; Buddhist hymn forceful; martial; Buddhist hymn; gatha; Buddhist verse	to praise
trad. (偈頌)		偈	頌
simp. (偈颂)		偈	颂

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गाथा (gāthā, “verse”) 偈陀 + native Chinese 頌 (“praise”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìsòng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gai⁶ zung⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìsòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìsòng
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴-sung⁴
  - Yale: jì-sùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihsonq
  - Palladius: цзисун (czisun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ sʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gai⁶ zung⁶
  - Yale: gaih juhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gai⁶ dzung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gei⁶ zung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯²² t͡sʊŋ²²/

Noun

偈頌

(Buddhism) hymn, the metrical part of a sūtra

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