阿毗達磨

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿毗達磨)		阿	毗	達	磨
simp. (阿毗达磨)		阿	毗	达	磨
alternative forms		阿毘達磨／阿毗达磨

Etymology

From Sanskrit अभिधर्म (abhidharma).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Āpídámó

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄆㄧˊ ㄉㄚˊ ㄇㄛˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Āpídámó
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄆㄧˊ ㄉㄚˊ ㄇㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Apídámó
  - Wade–Giles: A¹-pʻi²-ta²-mo²
  - Yale: Ā-pí-dá-mwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Apyidarmo
  - Palladius: Апидамо (Apidamo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ tä³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'a bjij that|dat ma|maH

Rime
Character	阿	毗	達	達	磨	磨
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	並 (3)	透 (6)	定 (7)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	脂 (15)	曷 (63)	曷 (63)	戈 (95)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III	I	I	I	I
Fanqie	烏何切	房脂切	他達切	唐割切	莫婆切	摸卧切
Baxter	'a	bjij	that	dat	ma	maH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑ/	/biɪ/	/tʰɑt̚/	/dɑt̚/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑ/	/bi/	/tʰɑt̚/	/dɑt̚/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑ/	/bjɪ/	/tʰɑt̚/	/dɑt̚/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔa/	/bi/	/tʰat̚/	/dat̚/	/mwa/	/mwa^H/
Li Rong	/ʔɑ/	/bi/	/tʰɑt̚/	/dɑt̚/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Wang Li	/ɑ/	/bi/	/tʰɑt̚/	/dɑt̚/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑ/	/bʱi/	/tʰɑt̚/	/dʱɑt̚/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ē	pí	ta	dá	mó	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o¹	pei⁴	taat³	daat⁶	mo⁴	mo⁶

Proper noun

阿毗達磨

(Buddhism) Abhidharma

Further reading

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