應真

See also: 應眞, 応真, and 应真

Chinese

		to answer; to respond; ought	real; true; genuine
trad. (應真/應眞)		應	真/眞
simp. (应真)		应	真

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat), seen in earlier translations into Chinese. Largely replaced by the transliteration 阿羅漢／阿罗汉 (āluóhàn) in later translations.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīngzhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ ㄓㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīngzhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yingjhen
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹-chên¹
    • Yale: yīng-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingjen
    • Palladius: инчжэнь (inčžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/

Proper noun

應真

1. (Buddhism, archaic) arhat

   Synonyms: 阿羅漢 / 阿罗汉 (āluóhàn), 應供 / 应供

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (應真):

• → Japanese: 応真(おうしん) (ōshin)
• → Korean: 응진(應眞) (eungjin)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “應真” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].