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Guanyin en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • gwän′yĭn′

Etymology

From Mandarin 觀音 /观音 (Guānyīn).

Meanings

  1. The bodhisattva of compassion, venerated by Buddhists in East and Southeast Asia; depicted variously as male or female.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Kwannon alternative lexicographic
Guan Yin alternative lexicographic

Relateds

Avalokiteshvara

Translations (14)

cmn 觀世音 /观世音 (the bodhisattva of compassion) · ko 관음 (the bodhisattva of compassion) · cmn 觀音 /观音 (the bodhisattva of compassion) · th กวนอิม (the bodhisattva of compassion) · vi Quan Thế Âm (the bodhisattva of compassion) · my ကွမ်ရင်မယ်တော် (the bodhisattva of compassion) · ja 観音 (the bodhisattva of compassion) · th พระแม่กวนอิม (the bodhisattva of compassion) · fi Kuan Yin (the bodhisattva of compassion) · vi Quan Âm (the bodhisattva of compassion) · my ကွမ်ရင် (the bodhisattva of compassion) · no Koan Jin (the bodhisattva of compassion) · ca Guanyin (the bodhisattva of compassion) · ko 관세음 (the bodhisattva of compassion)

wikipedia: Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts · wikipedia: Hanoi · wikipedia: Avalokiteśvara · wikipedia: Vietnam · wikipedia: Haiphong