輪迴

See also: 輪廻, 輪回, and 轮回

Chinese

		wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate	to curve; to return; to revolve
trad. (輪迴/輪回)		輪	迴/回
simp. (轮回)		轮	回

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra, “passing through a succession of states”). Tibetan equivalent is འཁོར་བ ('khor ba).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lúnhuí

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ wui⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûn-hôe / lûn-hê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lúnhuí
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lúnhuéi
  - Wade–Giles: lun²-hui²
  - Yale: lwún-hwéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luenhwei
  - Palladius: луньхуэй (lunʹxuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leon⁴ wui⁴
  - Yale: lèuhn wùih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ wui⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ wui⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ wuːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûn-hôe
  - Tâi-lô: lûn-huê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lunhoee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lun²³⁻³³ hue²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lun¹³⁻²² hue¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lun²⁴⁻²² hue²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lun²⁴⁻¹¹ hue²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûn-hê
  - Tâi-lô: lûn-hê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lunhee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lun²³⁻³³ he²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lun²⁴⁻¹¹ he²⁴/

Middle Chinese: lwin hwoj

Rime
Character	輪	迴
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	力迍切	戸恢切
Baxter	lwin	hwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuɪn/	/ɦuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷin/	/ɦuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuen/	/ɣuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwin/	/ɦwəj/
Li Rong	/liuĕn/	/ɣuᴀi/
Wang Li	/lĭuĕn/	/ɣuɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯uĕn/	/ɣuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lún	huí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leon⁴	wui⁴

Noun

輪迴

(Buddhism) samsara; transmigration; cycle of birth, death and rebirth

Derived terms

六道輪迴 / 六道轮回
生死輪迴 / 生死轮回

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (輪迴):

→ Japanese: 輪(りん)廻(ね) (rinne)
→ Korean: 윤회(輪廻) (yunhoe), 륜회(輪廻) (ryunhoe)
→ Vietnamese: luân hồi (輪迴)

Verb

輪迴

to rotate; to cycle; to follow each other cyclically

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
輪	迴

Noun

輪迴

chữ Hán form of luân hồi (“(Buddhism) samsara”)