娑婆

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (娑婆)		娑	婆

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सह (saha, “name of a division of the world < bearing; enduring”), as in सहलोकधातु (sahalokadhātu, “world inhabited by men; earth”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suōpó

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛㄆㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹ po⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: suōpó
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛㄆㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suopor
  - IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: so¹ po⁴
  - Yale: sō pòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so¹ po⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: so¹ po⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹/

Middle Chinese: /sɑ buɑ/▼

Rime
Character	娑	婆
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	素何切	薄波切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑ/	/buɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑ/	/buɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑ/	/buɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sa/	/bwa/
Li Rong	/sɑ/	/buɑ/
Wang Li	/sɑ/	/buɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑ/	/bʱuɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suō	pó

Noun

娑婆

(Buddhism) world of endurance; outside world; this world (which is full of suffering)

Derived terms

娑婆世界

Japanese

Kanji in this term
娑	婆
しゃ Hyōgaiji	ば Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ɕa̠ba̠]

Noun

娑婆 (hiragana しゃば, rōmaji shaba)

the world
(Buddhism) this corrupt world
the outside world

Korean

Hanja in this term
娑	婆

Noun

娑婆 • (saba) (hangeul 사바)

Hanja form^? of 사바 (“the world; (Buddhism) this corrupt world; the outside world”).

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