菩提樹

Chinese

		bodhi; bodhi tree	tree
trad. (菩提樹)		菩提	樹
simp. (菩提树)		菩提	树

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pútíshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴ tai⁴ syu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘-thê-chhiū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pútíshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pútíshù
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu²-tʻi²-shu⁴
    • Yale: pú-tí-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwutyishuh
    • Palladius: путишу (putišu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ tʰi³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁴ tai⁴ syu⁶
    • Yale: pòuh tàih syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ tai⁴ sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ tei⁴ xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹ tʰɐi̯²¹ syː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘-thê-chhiū
    • Tâi-lô: phôo-thê-tshiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pho'techiu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰe²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰe²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³⁻²² tʰe¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²³⁻³³ tʰe²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu³³/

Noun

菩提樹

1. sacred fig (Ficus religiosa)
2. (Buddhism) bodhi tree (the specific fig tree under which the Buddha sat when he attained enlightenment)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
菩	提	樹
ぼ Jinmeiyō	だい Grade: 5	じゅ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼだいじゅ [bòdáꜜìjù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞da̠iʑɨ]

Noun

菩(ぼ)提(だい)樹(じゅ) or 菩提樹(ボダイジュ) • (bodaiju) 

1. Synonym of 印度菩提樹 (Indo bodaiju, “bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa)”)
2. Tilia miqueliana, a species of linden

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Korean

Hanja in this term
菩	提	樹

Noun

菩提樹 • (borisu) (hangeul 보리수)

1. hanja form^? of 보리수 (“bodhi tree”)