韋馱

See also: 韋駄天

Chinese

		surname; soft leather	carry on back
trad. (韋馱)		韋	馱
simp. (韦驮)		韦	驮
alternative forms		韋陀／韦陀

Etymology

Sanskrit स्कन्द (skanda) > transcriptions 塞建陀, 私建陀 > short form 建陀 > misspellings 違陀, 違馱 > the current form.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wéituó

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): úi-tô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wéituó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wéituó
  - Wade–Giles: Wei²-tʻo²
  - Yale: Wéi-twó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Weitwo
  - Palladius: Вэйто (Vɛjto)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-tô
  - Tâi-lô: uí-tô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uy'dooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ²³/

Proper noun

韋馱

(Buddhism) Skanda

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