梵貝

Chinese

		Brahma; Sanskrit	cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish
trad. (梵貝)		梵	貝
simp. (梵贝)		梵	贝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fànbèi, fánbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄅㄟˋ, ㄈㄢˊ ㄅㄟˋ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fànbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fànbèi
    • Wade–Giles: fan⁴-pei⁴
    • Yale: fàn-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannbey
    • Palladius: фаньбэй (fanʹbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánbèi
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-pei⁴
    • Yale: fán-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnbey
    • Palladius: фаньбэй (fanʹbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

梵貝

1. (Buddhism) Short for 梵冊貝葉／梵册贝叶 (“Buddhist scriptures”).
2. (Buddhism) Alternative term for 法螺 (fǎluó, “conch shell used as a Buddhist trumpet”).