达赖喇嘛

達賴喇嘛

Dálài Lǎma

noun #23,385

Meanings

1 Dalai Lama (title of a line of reincarnated lamas in the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism)

Characters

to reach (phonetic in transliteration)

phonetic component

phonetic (from Tibetan 'lama')

phonetic component (toneless)

Examples

HSK 7-9

达赖喇嘛是藏传佛教格鲁派的活佛称号。

Dálài Lǎma shì Zàngchuán Fójiào Gélǔpài de huófó chēnghào.

Dalai Lama is the title of a line of Living Buddhas in the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

HSK 7-9

布达拉宫是在五世达赖喇嘛时期重建的。

Bùdálāgōng shì zài wǔ shì Dálài Lǎma shíqī chóngjiàn de.

The Potala Palace was rebuilt in the time of the Fifth Dalai Lama.

Tips

culture

达赖 comes from the Mongolian word meaning 'ocean' (of wisdom), and 喇嘛 is the Tibetan word for a Buddhist teacher (lama). The title has been used since the 16th century for a line of reincarnated lamas of the Gelug school. The 嘛 here is the toneless loanword syllable.

Stroke Order

达 dá

赖 lài

喇 la

嘛 ma