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格義

Chinese

		frame; rule	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (格義)		格	義
simp. (格义)		格	义
Literally: “matching the meaning”.

Wikipedia has articles on:

格義 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Geyi (English)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): géyì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: géyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: géyì
  - Wade–Giles: ko²-i⁴
  - Yale: gé-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geryih
  - Palladius: гэи (gɛi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ i⁵¹/

Verb

格義

(Buddhism) to translate a foreign concept by matching it to a native (Chinese) one (e.g. 本無／本无 to describe Sanskrit शून्यता (śūnyatā)); to localize

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (格義):

→ Japanese: 格(かく)義(ぎ) (kakugi)
→ Korean: 격의(格義) (gyeogui)

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