衛塞

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (衛塞/衞塞)		衛/衞	塞
simp. (卫塞)		卫	塞

Etymology

From Sinhalese වෙසක් (wesak), Sanskrit वैशाख (vaiśakha).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wèisài

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wèisài
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wèisài
    • Wade–Giles: Wei⁴-sai⁴
    • Yale: Wèi-sài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Weysay
    • Palladius: Вэйсай (Vɛjsaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ saɪ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

衛塞

1. (～節) (Buddhism) Wesak, a festival observed by Buddhists celebrating Buddha's birth, life, enlightenment, and passing.

   衛塞月圓／卫塞月圆  ―  Wèisài yuèyuán  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)