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輪迴

輪迴

See also: 輪廻, 輪回, and 轮回

Chinese

		wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate	to curve; to return; to revolve
trad. (輪迴/輪回)		輪	迴/回
simp. (轮回)		轮	回

Noun

輪迴

(Buddhism) samsara; transmigration; cycle of birth, death and rebirth

Derived terms

六道輪迴／六道轮回

生死輪迴／生死轮回

Verb

輪迴

to rotate; to cycle; to follow each other cyclically

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit संसार ‎(saṃsāra, “passing through a succession of states”). Tibetan equivalent is འཁོར་བ ‎('khor ba).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): lúnhuí

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ wui⁴
Min Nan (POJ): lûn-hôe / lûn-hê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: lúnhuí
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luenhwei
  - IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: leon⁴ wui⁴
  - Yale: lèuhn wùih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ wui⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ wuːi̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûn-hôe / lûn-hê
  - Tâi-lô: lûn-huê / lûn-hê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lunhoee, lunhee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lun²⁴⁻²² hue²⁴/, /lun²⁴⁻²² he²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lun²⁴⁻²² hue²⁴/, /lun²⁴⁻²² he²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lun¹³⁻²² hue¹³/, /lun¹³⁻²² he¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lun²⁴⁻¹¹ hue²⁴/, /lun²⁴⁻¹¹ he²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lun²³⁻³³ hue²³/, /lun²³⁻³³ he²³/