往生者

Chinese

		to be reborn; to be reincarnated in the Pure Land	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
simp. and trad. (往生者)		往生	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎngshēngzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄕㄥ ㄓㄜˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngshēngzhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄕㄥ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngshengjhě
    • Wade–Giles: wang³-shêng¹-chê³
    • Yale: wǎng-shēng-jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangshengjee
    • Palladius: ваншэнчжэ (vanšɛnčžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

往生者

1. (Buddhism, euphemistic) the dead; the deceased; the departed

Synonyms

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• 亡人 (wángrén) (literary)
• 亡者 (wángzhě) (literary)
• 故人 (gùrén) (literary)
• 死人 (sǐrén)
• 死者 (sǐzhě)
• 瓜碼子 / 瓜码子 (gua¹ ma³ zr) (Xiang)
• 聖人 / 圣人 (Hokkien, euphemism)
• 逝者 (shìzhě) (literary)