皈依

See also: 帰依

Chinese

comply with; follow
 
according to; depend on; near to
according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix
trad. (皈依)
simp. #(皈依)
alternative forms 歸依归依

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit शरणम् गच्छामि (śaraṇam gacchāmi, to go to a refuge).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (34)
Final () (21) (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter kjw+j 'j+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʉi/ /ʔɨi/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷɨi/ /ʔɨi/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiuəi/ /ʔiəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kuj/ /ʔɨj/
Li
Rong
/kiuəi/ /ʔiəi/
Wang
Li
/kĭwəi/ /ĭəi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kwe̯i/ /ʔe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwai1 ji1

Verb

皈依

  1. (Buddhism, intransitive) to become a Buddhist
  2. (transitive) to convert to (a religion)
    皈依天主教   guīyī tiānzhǔjiào   to convert to Catholicism

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (皈依):
  • Japanese: 帰依(きえ) (kie)
  • Korean: 귀의(歸依) (gwiui)
  • Vietnamese: quy y (皈依)

Further reading

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

皈依

  1. chữ Hán form of quy y.
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