# 菩提
## Chinese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pútí
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pou$^4$ tai$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phù-tì
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘-thê
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pútí
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pútí
*** Wade–Giles: pʻu$^2$-tʻi$^2$
*** Yale: pú-tí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwutyi
*** Palladius: пути (puti)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu³⁵ tʰi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pou$^4$ tai$^4$
*** Yale: pòuh tàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pou$^4$ tai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pou$^4$ tei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰou̯²¹ tʰɐi̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phù-tì
*** Hakka Romanization System: pu$^ˇ$ di$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pu$^2$ di$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰu¹¹ ti¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘-thê
*** Tâi-lô: phôo-thê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pho'tee
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰe²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰe²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³⁻²² tʰe¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰe²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²³⁻³³ tʰe²³/
* Middle Chinese: bu dej
Rime :
| Character | 菩 | 提 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | IV |
| Fanqie | 薄胡切 | 杜奚切 |
| Baxter | bu | dej |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /buo/ | /dei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /buo/ | /dei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bo/ | /dɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bɔ/ | /dɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /bo/ | /dei/ |
| Wang Li | /bu/ | /diei/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱuo/ | /dʱiei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pú | tí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pou$^4$ | tai$^4$ |

### Noun

菩提
* (Buddhism) bodhi, enlightenment.
    From: The Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra
    Dìyù bù kōng, shì bù chéngfó; zhòngshēng dù jìn, fāng zhèng pútí. [Pinyin]
    Until the hells are empty, I vow to not attain Buddhahood; only when all living beings are saved, shall I attain enlightenment.
* Short for 菩提樹／菩提树 (pútíshù, “bodhi tree”).
* Short for 菩提子 (pútízǐ, “bodhi seeds; bodhi beads”).

#### Derived terms

* 三藐三菩提 (sānmiǎo sānpútí)
* 菩提子 (pútízǐ)
* 菩提樹 / 菩提树 (pútíshù)
* 菩提正道菩薩戒論 / 菩提正道菩萨戒论
* 菩提流志
* 菩提流支
* 菩提迦耶
* 菩提達摩 / 菩提达摩 (Pútídámó)
* 菩提道次第廣論 / 菩提道次第广论
* 菩提道燈論 / 菩提道灯论 (Pútí Dào Dēng Lùn)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 菩提(ぼだい) (bodai)
* → Korean: 보제(菩提) (boje), 보리(菩提) (bori)
* → Vietnamese: bồ đề (菩提)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 菩 | 提 |
| ぼ Jinmeiyō | だい Grade: 5 |
| kan'yōon | goon |
* Alternative spelling
* 𬻋

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 菩提 (MC bu dej), a transliteration of Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi) or Pali bodhi.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぼだい [bòdáí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [bo̞da̠i]

### Noun

菩(ぼ)提(だい) • (bodai)
* (Buddhism) bodhi:
** supreme enlightenment or wisdom
** reaching nirvana
** This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
** (by extension) a Buddhist doctrine
    Synonym: 仏道 (Butsudō)

#### Derived terms

* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)院(いん) (bodaīn)
* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)講(こう) (bodaikō)
* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)声(ごえ) (bodaigoe)
* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)薩(さっ)埵(た) (bodai-satta)
* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)子(し) (bodaishi)
* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)寺(じ) (bodaiji)
* 菩(ボ)提(ダイ)樹(ジュ) (bodaiju)
* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)所(しょ) (bodaisho)
* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)心(しん) (bodaishin)
* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)樹(ず) (bodaizu)
* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)達磨(だるま) (bodaidaruma)
* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)の種(たね) (bodai no tane)
* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)の水(みず) (bodai no mizu)
* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)の道(みち) (bodai no michi)
* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)門(もん) (bodaimon)
* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)楽(らく) (bodairaku)
* 阿(あ)耨(のく)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (anoku bodai)
* 後(ご)生(しょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (goshō bodai)
* 後(ご)世(せ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (gose bodai)
* ささ点(てん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sasaten bodai)
* 三(さん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sanbodai)
* 三(さん)仏(ぶつ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sanbutsu bodai)
* 上(じょう)求(ぐ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (jōgu bodai)
* 証(しょう)大(だい)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (shōdaibodai)
* 即(そく)身(しん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sokushin bodai)
* 頓(とん)証(しょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (tonshō bodai)
* 仏(ぶっ)果(か)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (bukka bodai)
* 煩(ぼん)悩(のう)あれば菩(ぼ)提(だい)あり (bonnō areba bodai ari)
* 煩(ぼん)悩(のう)即(そく)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (bonnō soku bodai)
* 無(む)上(じょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (mujō bodai)

#### Idioms

* 菩(ぼ)提(だい)を弔(とむら)う (bodai o tomurau)
* 小(しょう)智(ち)は菩(ぼ)提(だい)の妨(さまた)げ (shōchi wa bodai no samatage)

#### Descendants

* → English: bodai

#### See also

* 悟(さと)り (satori)

### Proper noun

菩(ぼ)提(だい) • (Bodai)
* a placename
* a surname

### Compounds

* 求菩提(くぼて)山(さん) (Kubote-san)
* 須菩(しゅぼ)提(だい) (Shubodai), 須菩(すぼ)提(だい) (Subodai)

### References

* ↑ “菩提”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ “菩提”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ “菩提”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 菩 | 提 |

### Noun

菩提 • (bori) (hangeul 보리)
* hanja form of 보리 (“bodhi; enlightenment”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 菩 | 提 |

### Noun

菩提
* chữ Hán form of bồ đề (“bodhi; enlightenment”).

#### Derived terms

* 菩提心 (bồ đề tâm)