阿鼻

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (阿鼻)		阿	鼻

Etymology

From Sanskrit अवीचि (avīci).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ābí

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄅㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ bei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ābí
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄅㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: abí
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-pi²
    • Yale: ā-bí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: abyi
    • Palladius: аби (abi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ pi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aa³ bei⁶
    • Yale: a beih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ bei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ béi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ pei̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: 'a bjijH

Rime
Character	阿	鼻
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏何切	毗至切
Baxter	'a	bjijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑ/	/biɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑ/	/biH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑ/	/bjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔa/	/biH/
Li Rong	/ʔɑ/	/biH/
Wang Li	/ɑ/	/biH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑ/	/bʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ē	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o1	bei6

Noun

阿鼻

1. (～地獄) (Buddhism) Avīci (the lowest level of the “hell” realm)

Derived terms

• 阿鼻叫喚／阿鼻叫唤 (ābíjiàohuàn)
• 阿鼻地獄／阿鼻地狱 (ābí dìyù)

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: 阿鼻 (abi)

Further reading

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