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釋迦 (sik1 gaa1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

釋迦 (sik1 gaa1, Shì jiā) — Shakya, an ethnicity and clan of the northeast of South Asia to which the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) belonged; the Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2], Shakyamuni, which means "the Sage of the Shakyas")

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 釋囚 (sik1 cau4) — ex-convicts;ex-prisoner; discharged prisoners; released prisoners
• 釋 (sik1) — to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼Shìjiāmóuní [释迦牟尼]); Buddhism; to…
• 釋俗 (sik1 zuk6) — to explain in simple terms
• 釋典 (sik1 din2) — Buddhist doctrine; sutras
• 釋出 (sik1 ceot1) — to release; to make available; to liberate; disengagement
• 釋卷 (sik1 gyun2) — to stop reading

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