剎那

See also: 刹那

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (剎那)		剎	那
simp. (刹那)		刹	那

Etymology

From Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chànà, shànà, chànuó

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ, ㄕㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ, ㄔㄚˋ ㄋㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ naa⁵, saat³ no⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chànà
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chànà
  - Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-na⁴
  - Yale: chà-nà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahnah
  - Palladius: чана (čana)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, nonstandard or dialectal)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shànà
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shànà
  - Wade–Giles: sha⁴-na⁴
  - Yale: shà-nà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahnah
  - Palladius: шана (šana)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chànuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄋㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chànuó
  - Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-no²
  - Yale: chà-nwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahnuo
  - Palladius: чано (čano)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ nu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saat³ naa⁵, saat³ no⁴
  - Yale: saat náh, saat nòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ naa⁵, saat⁸ no⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sad³ na⁵, sad³ no⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ naː¹³/, /saːt̚³ nɔː²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    剎那／刹那
    薩那／萨那

Note: saat3 no4 - rare.

Middle Chinese: tsrhaet na

Rime
Character	剎	那
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Initial (聲)	初 (19)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	刪 (71)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	初鎋切	諾何切
Baxter	tsrhaet	na
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠat̚/	/nɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚat̚/	/nɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰɐt̚/	/nɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨt̚/	/na/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰat̚/	/nɑ/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰat̚/	/nɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰăt̚/	/nɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cha	nuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caat³	no⁴

Noun

剎那

(originally Buddhism) instant; moment; split-second

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation shà in 剎那.

Synonyms

一剎／一刹 (yīchà)
一剎那／一刹那 (yīchànà)
一會兒／一会儿
一目𥍉仔 (chi̍t-ba̍k-nih-á) (Hokkien)
一瞬間／一瞬间 (yīshùnjiān)
少刻 (shǎokè)
少時／少时
少頃／少顷 (shǎoqǐng)
時刻／时刻 (shíkè)
有頃／有顷 (yǒuqǐng) (literary)
漏 (lòu) (literary, or in compounds)
片刻 (piànkè)
瞬息 (shùnxī)
瞬間／瞬间 (shùnjiān)
霎時／霎时 (shàshí)
頃刻／顷刻 (qǐngkè)
須／须 (xū) (literary, or in compounds)

Derived terms

一剎那／一刹那 (yīchànà)
剎那間／刹那间

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (剎那):

→ Japanese: 刹(せつ)那(な) (setsuna)
→ Korean: 찰나(刹那) (challa)
→ Vietnamese: sát na (剎那)

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