灌頂

Chinese

		irrigate; pour	go against; most; peak go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")
trad. (灌頂)		灌	頂
simp. (灌顶)		灌	顶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàndǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³ ding²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàndǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàndǐng
    • Wade–Giles: kuan⁴-ting³
    • Yale: gwàn-dǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanndiing
    • Palladius: гуаньдин (guanʹdin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵¹ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun³ ding²
    • Yale: gun díng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun³ ding²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun³ ding²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³³ tɪŋ³⁵/

Verb

灌頂

1. to anoint someone on the head

Derived terms

• 醍醐灌頂 / 醍醐灌顶 (tíhúguàndǐng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (灌頂):

• → Japanese: 灌頂(かんじょう) (kanjō)
• → Korean: 관정(灌頂) (gwanjeong)

Further reading

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