須彌山

Chinese

		Sumeru	mountain; hill
trad. (須彌山)		須彌	山
simp. (须弥山)		须弥	山

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit सुमेरु (Sumeru) + 山 (shān, “mountain”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xūmíshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄇㄧˊ ㄕㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xūmíshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄇㄧˊ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syumíshan
    • Wade–Giles: Hsü¹-mi²-shan¹
    • Yale: Syū-mí-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiumishan
    • Palladius: Сюймишань (Sjujmišanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ mi³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sju mjie srean

Rime
Character	須	彌	山
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	明 (4)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	支 (11)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	II
Fanqie	相俞切	武移切	所閒切
Baxter	sju	mjie	srean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨo/	/miᴇ/	/ʃˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/sio/	/miɛ/	/ʃᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/sio/	/mjɛ/	/ʃæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suə̆/	/miə̆/	/ʂəɨn/
Li Rong	/sio/	/mie/	/ʃɛn/
Wang Li	/sĭu/	/mǐe/	/ʃæn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯u/	/mie̯/	/ʂăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū	mí	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi1	mei4	saan1

Proper noun

須彌山

1. (Buddhism) Meru (a central mountain for a world-system in Buddhist cosmology)

   Synonyms: 須彌 / 须弥 (Xūmí), 妙光山

   • 猶如諸山，須彌山王為第一。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     犹如诸山，须弥山王为第一。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 中阿含經

     Yóurú zhū shān, Xūmíshān wáng wèi dìyī. [Pinyin]

     It is akin to the Lord Mount Sumeru, which is foremost among all mountains.