如是

Chinese

		as (if); such as	this
simp. and trad. (如是)		如	是

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rúshì

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rúshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rushyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: yùh sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ siː²²/

Adjective

如是

(literary) like this; so; such

Synonyms

(literary) 如此 (rúcǐ)

Derived terms

如是我聞／如是我闻

日日如是 (rìrìrúshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
如	是
にょ Grade: S	ぜ Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 如是 (MC ȵɨʌ d͡ʑiᴇ^X), itself a translation of Sanskrit एवम् (evam, “such, thus”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) にょぜ [nyóꜜzè] (Atamadaka – [1])[3][4]
- IPA^(key): [ɲ̟o̞ze̞]

Noun

如是 (hiragana にょぜ, rōmaji nyoze)

(Buddhism) like this
(Buddhism) short for 十如是 (jū-nyoze): the ten thusnesses of the Tendai sect
(Buddhism) expression of approval of something said by another person

Derived terms

如 (にょ)是 (ぜ)我 (が)聞 (もん) (nyoze gamon, “thus I hear”)
十 (じゅう)如 (にょ)是 (ぜ) (jū-nyoze, “ten thusnesses of the Tendai sect”)

References

1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.