舍利弗

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (舍利弗)		舍	利	弗

Etymology

From Sanskrit शारिपुत्र (Śāriputra, “son of Śāri”). Compare Tibetan ཤཱ་རིའི་བུ། (shā ri'i bu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shèlìfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shèlìfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shèlìfú
    • Wade–Giles: Shê⁴-li⁴-fu²
    • Yale: Shè-lì-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shehlihfwu
    • Palladius: Шэлифу (Šɛlifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ fu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syaeX|syaeH lijH pjut

Rime
Character	舍	舍	利	弗
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	書 (26)	來 (37)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	麻 (100)	脂 (15)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	書冶切	始夜切	力至切	分勿切
Baxter	syaeX	syaeH	lijH	pjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiaX/	/ɕiaH/	/liɪH/	/pɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiaX/	/ɕiaH/	/liH/	/piut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiaX/	/ɕiaH/	/ljɪH/	/piuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiaX/	/ɕiaH/	/liH/	/put̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiaX/	/ɕiaH/	/liH/	/piuət̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭaX/	/ɕĭaH/	/liH/	/pĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯aX/	/ɕi̯aH/	/liH/	/pi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shě	shè	lì	fu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	se2	se3	lei6	fat1

Proper noun

舍利弗

1. Śāriputra (one of the disciples of Gautama Buddha)

Synonyms

• 舍利子 (Shèlìzǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (舍利弗):

• → Japanese: 舎(しゃ)利(り)弗(ほつ) (Sharihotsu)
• → Korean: 사리불(舍利弗) (Saribul)
• → Vietnamese: Xá-lợi-phất (舍利弗)