三身

Chinese

		three	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (三身)		三	身
simp. #(三身)		三	身

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit त्रिकाय (trikāya, “three bodies”). The Tibetan equivalent is སྐུ་གསུམ (sku gsum).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanshen
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-shên¹
    • Yale: sān-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanshen
    • Palladius: саньшэнь (sanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ san¹
    • Yale: sāam sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

三身

1. (Buddhism) Trikaya

Hyponyms

• 法身 (fǎshēn)
• 報身／报身 (bàoshēn)
• 應身／应身 (yìngshēn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (三身):

• → Japanese: 三身(さんじん) (sanjin); 三身(さんしん) (sanshin)
• → Korean: 삼신(三身) (samsin)
• → Vietnamese: tam thân (三身)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “三身” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].