獅子吼

Chinese

		lion; Buddha; bodhisattva	to roar; to shout
trad. (獅子吼)		獅子	吼
simp. (狮子吼)		狮子	吼
Literally: “lion's roar”.

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit सिंहनाद (siṃhanāda), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) +‎ नाद (nāda, “roar”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīzihǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ˙ㄗ ㄏㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ zi² haau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīzihǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ˙ㄗ ㄏㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihzi̊hhǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-tzŭ⁵-hou³
    • Yale: shr̄-dz-hǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy.tzyhoou
    • Palladius: шицзыхоу (šiczyxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² xoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ zi² haau¹
    • Yale: sī jí hāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ dzi² haau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ ji² hao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ haːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

獅子吼

1. (Buddhism) words spoken by the Buddha or his disciples

   普為一切轉大法輪、作獅子吼，於諸眾生廣行法施。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   普为一切转大法轮、作狮子吼，于诸众生广行法施。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: 佛說如來不思議祕密大乘經

   Pǔ wèi yīqiè zhuǎn dà fǎlún, zuò shīzihǒu, yú zhū zhòngshēng guǎng xíng fǎshī. [Pinyin]

   [The Bodhisattva] universally turns the great Dharma-wheel for all, lets out a lion's roar, and broadly distributes the Dharma to all living beings.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (獅子吼):

• → Japanese: 獅子吼(ししく) (shishiku)
• → Korean: 사자후(獅子吼) (sajahu)
• → Vietnamese: sư tử hống (獅子吼)