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Vietnamese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 化身, composed of 化 (“to transform”) and 身 (“body”), Middle Chinese 化身 (hˠuaH ɕiɪn).
Noun[edit]
- (Buddhism) the Nirmāṇakāya (Buddha's physical incarnation)
- an embodiment (entity typifying an abstraction)
Verb[edit]
- to embody; to personify
- to metamorphose; to transform dramatically