宏願

Chinese

		spacious	hope; wish; desire hope; wish; desire; ready; willing
trad. (宏願)		宏	願
simp. (宏愿)		宏	愿
alternative forms		弘願／弘愿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wang⁴ jyun⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-goān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-yüan⁴
    • Yale: húng-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngyuann
    • Palladius: хунъюань (xunʺjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wang⁴ jyun⁶
    • Yale: wàhng yuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wang⁴ jyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: weng⁴ yun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐŋ²¹ jyːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-goān
    • Tâi-lô: hông-guān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: honggoan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² ɡuan²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡuan²²/

Noun

宏願

1. great aspirations; noble ambition

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “弘願” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].