人中獅子
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]man; person; people | middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) |
lion; Buddha; bodhisattva | ||
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trad. (人中獅子) | 人 | 中 | 獅子 | |
simp. (人中狮子) | 人 | 中 | 狮子 | |
Literally: “a lion among men”. |
Etymology
[edit]Calque of Sanskrit नरसिंह (narasiṃha), from नर (nara, “man”) + सिंह (siṃha, “lion”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rén jhong shihzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: jên2 chung1 shih1-tzŭ5
- Yale: rén jūng shr̄-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren jong shy.tzy
- Palladius: жэнь чжун шицзы (žɛnʹ čžun šiczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
[edit]人中獅子
- (Buddhism) an exceptional or outstanding person
- (Buddhism) an epithet for the Buddha