度牒

Chinese

		capacity; degree; standard	(official) document; dispatch
trad. (度牒)		度	牒
simp. #(度牒)		度	牒

a Taoist 度牒 from the Ming Dynasty

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dùdié

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dùdié
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dùdié
    • Wade–Giles: tu⁴-tieh²
    • Yale: dù-dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhdye
    • Palladius: дуде (dude)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

Noun

度牒

1. government permit allowing someone to be ordained a Buddhist monk or nun or Taoist priest

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (度牒):

• → Japanese: 度(ど)牒(ちょう) (dochō)
• → Korean: 도첩(度牒) (docheop)
• → Vietnamese: độ điệp (度牒)

See also

• 戒牒 (jièdié)