甘露

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	to show; to reveal; to expose to show; to reveal; to expose; dew
simp. and trad. (甘露)		甘	露

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal”). Tibetan equivalent is བདུད་རྩི (bdud rtsi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gānlù

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ lou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâm-lu
Min Nan (POJ): kam-lō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gānlù
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄌㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganluh
  - IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ lou⁶
  - Yale: gām louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ lou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ lou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm-lu
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam´ lu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gam¹ lu⁴
  - IPA: /kam²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: kam-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kamlo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kam³³ lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/

Noun

甘露

(Buddhism) amrita
(mythology) immortality potion
sweet dew
honeydew (sweet, sticky secretion by aphids); nectar

Derived terms

楊枝甘露／杨枝甘露 (yángzhī gānlù)
甘露之變／甘露之变
甘露子
甘露水漿／甘露水浆

甘露法雨
甘露滋心
甘露界

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (甘露):

→ Japanese: 甘 (かん)露 (ろ) (kanro)
→ Korean: 감로 (甘露, gamno)
→ Vietnamese: cam lộ (甘露)

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