堪布

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (堪布)		堪	布
simp. #(堪布)		堪	布

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan མཁན་པོ (mkhan po), originally calqued from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kānbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ ㄅㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kānbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kanbù
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan¹-pu⁴
    • Yale: kān-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanbuh
    • Palladius: каньбу (kanʹbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹/

Noun

堪布

1. (Tibetan Buddhism) khenpo (degree for higher Buddhist studies given in Tibetan Buddhism)

Descendants

• → Middle Mongol: ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠤ (qambu)
  • Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠤ (qambu)
    • Buryat: хамба (xamba)
    • Mongolian: хамба (xamba)