Guanyin

guanyin Guan Yin Guānyīn guānyǐn guānyìn guànyīn English thumb|upright|A 16th-century statue of Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) from the Nhân Trai Pagoda in Haiphong, Vietnam. The statue is now in the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi. Alternative forms en Guan Yin Kwannon Etymology From en cmn 觀音. Pronunciation gwän′yĭn′ en Guan yin Proper noun en religion Buddhism The bodhisattva of compassion, venerated by Buddhists in East and Southeast Asia; depicted variously as male or female. Translations the bodhisattva of compassion Arabic: ar أَفَالُوكِيتِشْفَارَا m, ar قُوَانْ يِينْ f Bengali: bn অবলোকিতেশ্বর Burmese: my ကွမ်ရင်မယ်တော်, my ကွမ်ရင် Catalan: ca Guanyin Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 觀音 Guānyīn, cmn 觀世音 Guānshìyīn Finnish: fi Kuan Yin Hindi: hi अवलोकितेश्वर m, hi गुआनयिन m, hi गुआनयीन m Japanese: ja 観音 かんおん, Kannon Korean: ko ^관음, ko ^관세음 Marathi: mr अवलोकितेश्वर m Norwegian: no Koan Jin m Sanskrit: sa अवलोकितेश्वर m Thai: th กวนอิม guanim, th พระแม่กวนอิม prá mâe guanim Vietnamese: vi Quan Âm, vi Quan Thế Âm See also en Avalokiteshvara Anagrams en aginnuy Guniyan en Bodhisattvas