慈悲

Chinese

		compassionate; gentle; merciful compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane	sad; sadness; sorrow sad; sadness; sorrow; grief
trad. (慈悲)		慈	悲
simp. #(慈悲)		慈	悲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cíbēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ bei¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀-pî
• Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̀-pĭ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chû-pi / chîr-pi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cíbēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíhbei
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²-pei¹
    • Yale: tsź-bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrbei
    • Palladius: цыбэй (cybɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ bei¹
    • Yale: chìh bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ pei̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀-pî
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii^ˇ bi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci² bi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹ pi²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̀-pĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(pʰ-)βi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû-pi
    • Tâi-lô: tsû-pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zu'py
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su²⁴⁻¹¹ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³⁻³³ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³⁻²² pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²⁴⁻²² pi⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr-pi
    • Tâi-lô: tsîr-pi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ²⁴⁻²² pi³³/

Adjective

慈悲

1. merciful; benevolent; pitying

Synonyms

• 慈善 (císhàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (慈悲):

• → Japanese: 慈悲(じひ) (jihi)
• → Korean: 자비(慈悲) (jabi)
• → Vietnamese: từ bi (慈悲)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
慈	悲
じ Grade: S	ひ Grade: 3
goon

Alternative forms

• (honorific) お慈悲(じひ) (o-jihi)

Nomen

慈(じ)悲(ひ) • (jihi) 

1. (Buddhism) compassion
2. mercy; sympathy

   お慈悲(じひ)を！

   O-jihi o!

   Have mercy!

   • 1632: Diego Collado, Niffon no Cotõbani Yô Confesion, p. 4

     R. Sorẽgaxĩga cotòxi Deus no vòn jifino vie iòri Chriſtian ni nàri maràxitẽ gozàru iùie, ni, mãda confeſion vo mõsaĩdẽ gozàru.

     R. Ego ex Dei miſericordia hoc anno Chriſtianus factus, nunquam confeſſionem Sacramentalem feci: vnde hæc, quam modo incipio, erit prima.

     (Having become Christian out of the mercy of God this year, I have never made sacramental confession; whence, as I am just beginning, it will be the first.)

   • 1632: Diego Collado, Dictionarium sive Thesauri Linguae Iaponicae Compendium, p. 81

     Miſericordia, æ, eleemoſina, [sic] æ, miſericordia y limoſna, [sic] jifi.

Antonyms

• (mercy; sympathy): 無慈悲(むじひ) (mujihi)

Derived terms

• 慈悲深(じひぶか)い (jihibukai)

See also

• 哀憐(あいれん) (airen), 愛憐(あいれん) (airen)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
慈	悲

Nomen

慈悲 • (jabi) (hangeul 자비)

1. hanja form^? of 자비 (“mercy”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
慈	悲

Nomen

慈悲

1. chữ Hán form of từ bi (“mercy”).