揭諦

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (揭諦)		揭	諦
simp. (揭谛)		揭	谛

Etymology

From Sanskrit गते (gate), the vocative singular of गति (gáti).

The term was introduced into China through the Heart Sutra:

揭諦！揭諦！波羅揭諦！波羅僧揭諦！菩提薩婆訶！ [MSC, trad.]

揭谛！揭谛！波罗揭谛！波罗僧揭谛！菩提萨婆诃！ [MSC, simp.]

From: Heart Sutra (translated by Xuanzang)

Jiēdì! Jiēdì! Bōluó jiēdì! Bōluó sēng jiēdì! Pútí sàpóhē! [Pinyin]

Gate! Gate! Pāragate! Pārasamgate! Bodhi Svāhā! (Gone gone, gone beyond, gone utterly beyond, Enlightenment hail!)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiēdì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝㄉㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiēdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiedì
  - Wade–Giles: chieh¹-ti⁴
  - Yale: jyē-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiedih
  - Palladius: цзеди (czedi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: gjet tejH

Rime
Character	揭	諦
Reading #	4/6	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	仙 (83)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	渠列切	都計切
Baxter	gjet	tejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇt̚/	/tei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛt̚/	/tei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæt̚/	/tɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giat̚/	/tɛj^H/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛt̚/	/tei^H/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛt̚/	/tiei^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛt̚/	/tiei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jié	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	git⁶	dai³

Interjection

揭諦

(Buddhism) go (beyond and to enlightenment)!

Proper noun

揭諦

(Buddhism) name of a group of deities

Derived terms

阿彌揭諦／阿弥揭谛 (Cantonese)

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