耳根
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]ear | radical (chem.); root; basis | ||
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trad. (耳根) | 耳 | 根 | |
simp. #(耳根) | 耳 | 根 |
Etymology
[edit]The Buddhism sense is a translation of Sanskrit श्रोत्रेन्द्रिय (śrotrendriya, “sense or organ of hearing”). The Tibetan equivalent is རྣ་བའི་དབང་པོ (rna ba'i dbang po).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄍㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ěrgen
- Wade–Giles: êrh3-kên1
- Yale: ěr-gēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelgen
- Palladius: эргэнь (ergɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄍㄣㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ěrgenr
- Wade–Giles: êrh3-kên1-ʼrh
- Yale: ěr-gēnr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelgel
- Palladius: эргэньр (ergɛnʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ji5 gan1
- Yale: yíh gān
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji5 gan1
- Guangdong Romanization: yi5 gen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiː¹³ kɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: nyiX kon
Noun
[edit]耳根
- (anatomy) root of the ear
- in one's ears; near one's ears; ear
- (Buddhism) “ear or hearing faculty”, one of the six sensory faculties