娑婆世界

Chinese

		world of endurance; outside world; this world	world; the World
trad. (娑婆世界)		娑婆	世界
simp. ^#(娑婆世界)		娑婆	世界

Etymology

From Sanskrit सहालोकधातु (sahālokadhātu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Suōpó shìjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛㄆㄛˊ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Suōpó shìjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛㄆㄛˊ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Suopó shìhjiè
  - Wade–Giles: So¹-pʻo² shih⁴-chieh⁴
  - Yale: Swō-pwó shr̀-jyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Suopor shyhjieh
  - Palladius: Сопо шицзе (Sopo šicze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Proper noun

娑婆世界

(Buddhism) the Sahā world-system (which includes the present world)
- 時娑婆世界即變清淨，琉璃為地。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  时娑婆世界即变清净，琉璃为地。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 妙法蓮華經
  Shí Suōpóshìjiè jí biàn qīngjìng, liúlí wèi dì. [Pinyin]
  Then the Sahā world immediately became pure, with lapis lazuli for its earth.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (娑婆世界):

→ Japanese: 娑(しゃ)婆(ば)世(せ)界(かい) (shabasekai)
→ Korean: 사바세계(娑婆世界) (sabasegye)
→ Vietnamese: ta bà thế giái (娑婆世界)

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