苾芻

Chinese

		phonetic; fragrant	surname; cut grass; hay surname; cut grass; hay; straw; fodder
trad. (苾芻/苾蒭)		苾	芻/蒭
simp. (苾刍)		苾	刍

Etymology

From Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìchú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄔㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìchú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄔㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìchú
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-chʻu²
    • Yale: bì-chú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihchwu
    • Palladius: бичу (biču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/

Noun

苾芻

1. (Buddhism) bhikkhu; Buddhist monk

   Synonym: 比丘 (bǐqiū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苾	芻
びち > びっ Hyōgaiji	しゅ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

苾(びっ)芻(しゅ) • (bisshu) 

1. Alternative spelling of 苾蒭