格義

Chinese

		frame; rule	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (格義)		格	義
simp. (格义)		格	义
Literally: “matching the meaning”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): géyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: géyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: géyì
    • Wade–Giles: ko²-i⁴
    • Yale: gé-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geryih
    • Palladius: гэи (gɛi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ i⁵¹/

Verb

格義

1. (Buddhism) to translate a foreign concept by matching it to a native (Chinese) one (e.g. 本無／本无 to describe Sanskrit शून्यता (śūnyatā)); to localize

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (格義):

• → Japanese: 格(かく)義(ぎ) (kakugi)
• → Korean: 격의(格義) (gyeogui)