Guanyin

See also: guanyin, Guānyīn, and Guan Yin

English

A 16th-century statue of Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) from the Nhân Trai Pagoda in Haiphong, Vietnam. The statue is now in the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi.

Alternative forms

• Guan Yin

Etymology

From Mandarin 觀音／观音 (Guānyīn).

Proper noun

Guanyin

1. (religion, Buddhism) The bodhisattva of compassion, venerated by Buddhists in East and Southeast Asia; depicted variously as male or female.

Translations

the bodhisattva of compassion

• Burmese: ကွမ်ရင်မယ်တော် (kwam-rangmaitau), ကွမ်ရင် (kwam-rang)
• Catalan: Guanyin
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 觀音 / 观音 (zh) (Guānyīn), 觀世音 / 观世音 (zh) (Guānshìyīn)

• Finnish: Kuan Yin
• Japanese: 観音 (ja) (かんおん, Kannon)
• Korean: 관음 (ko) (Gwaneum), 관세음 (Gwanseeum)
• Norwegian: Koan Jin m
• Thai: กวนอิม (guanim), พระแม่กวนอิม (prá mâe guanim)
• Vietnamese: Quan Âm (vi), Quan Thế Âm

See also

• Avalokiteshvara

Anagrams

• Guniyan