帝釋

Chinese

		emperor	phonetic
trad. (帝釋)		帝	釋
simp. (帝释)		帝	释

Etymology

Chinese 帝 (dì, “emperor”) + clipping of Sanskrit शक्र (śakra).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dìshìh
    • Wade–Giles: Ti⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: Dì-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dihshyh
    • Palladius: Диши (Diši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tejH syek

Rime
Character	帝	釋
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	都計切	施隻切
Baxter	tejH	syek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teiH/	/ɕiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/teiH/	/ɕiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛiH/	/ɕiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjH/	/ɕiajk̚/
Li Rong	/teiH/	/ɕiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/tieiH/	/ɕĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tieiH/	/ɕi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì	shi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dai3	sik1

Proper noun

帝釋

1. (Buddhism) Sakra

   • 應以帝釋身得度者，即現帝釋身而為說法。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     应以帝释身得度者，即现帝释身而为说法。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Lotus Sūtra, translated by Kumārajīva circa 5^th century CE

     Yìng yǐ Dìshì shēn dé dù zhě, jí xiàn Dìshì shēn ér wèi shuōfǎ. [Pinyin]

     If they should be liberated by one in the appearance of Sakra, [ Avalokiteśvara ] appears as Sakra to speak the Dharma for them.