善男信女

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shànnán xìnnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶ naam⁴ seon³ neoi^5-2, sin⁶ naam⁴ seon³ neoi⁵
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): siān-lâm-sìn-lú / siān-lâm-sìn-lír / siān-lâm-sìn-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shànnán xìnnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shànnán sìnnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shan⁴-nan² hsin⁴-nü³
  - Yale: shàn-nán syìn-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shannnan shinnneu
  - Palladius: шаньнань синьнюй (šanʹnanʹ sinʹnjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹ nän³⁵ ɕin⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin⁶ naam⁴ seon³ neoi^5-2, sin⁶ naam⁴ seon³ neoi⁵
  - Yale: sihn nàahm seun néui, sihn nàahm seun néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶ naam⁴ soen³ noey^5-2, sin⁶ naam⁴ soen³ noey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶ nam⁴ sên³ nêu^5-2, xin⁶ nam⁴ sên³ nêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²² naːm²¹ sɵn³³ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/, /siːn²² naːm²¹ sɵn³³ nɵy̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-lâm-sìn-lú
  - Tâi-lô: siān-lâm-sìn-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siexnlamsienluo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn³³⁻²¹ lam²³⁻³³ ɕin²¹⁻⁴¹ lu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn³³⁻¹¹ lam²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin¹¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn²²⁻²¹ lam²⁴⁻²² ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-lâm-sìn-lír
  - Tâi-lô: siān-lâm-sìn-lír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴¹⁻²² lam²⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-lâm-sìn-lí
  - Tâi-lô: siān-lâm-sìn-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siexnlamsienlie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn²²⁻²¹ lam¹³⁻²² ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ li⁵³/

Noun

善男信女

devotees or followers of Buddhism, later extended to Taoism and other Chinese traditions

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (善男信女):

→ Vietnamese: thiện nam tín nữ (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

References

“Entry #8220”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
善	男	信	女

Noun

善男信女

chữ Hán form of thiện nam tín nữ (“Buddhists as a whole”).

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