三毒

Chinese

		three	poison; narcotics
trad. (三毒)		三	毒
simp. ^#(三毒)		三	毒

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit त्रिविष (triviṣa, “three poisons”). Compare Tibetan དུག་གསུམ་ (dug gsum).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sāndú

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄉㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ duk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sāndú
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄉㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sandú
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-tu²
  - Yale: sān-dú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sandwu
  - Palladius: саньду (sanʹdu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ tu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ duk⁶
  - Yale: sāam duhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ duk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ dug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/

Noun

三毒

(Buddhism) three poisons, three fires (the three root kleshas in Buddhism)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “三毒” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Korean

Hanja in this term
三	毒

Noun

三毒 • (samdok) (hangeul 삼독)

Hanja form^? of 삼독 (“three poisons”).

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