醍醐灌頂

Chinese

		clarified butter; ghee; the essence of Buddhism	to anoint someone on the head
trad. (醍醐灌頂)		醍醐	灌頂
simp. (醍醐灌顶)		醍醐	灌顶
Literally: “to anoint one's head with ghee”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tíhúguàndǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ wu⁴ gun³ ding²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tíhúguàndǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tíhúguàndǐng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi²-hu²-kuan⁴-ting³
  - Yale: tí-hú-gwàn-dǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyihwuguanndiing
  - Palladius: тихугуаньдин (tixuguanʹdin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ xu³⁵ kwän⁵¹ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai⁴ wu⁴ gun³ ding²
  - Yale: tàih wùh gun díng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ wu⁴ gun³ ding²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ wu⁴ gun³ ding²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ wuː²¹ kuːn³³ tɪŋ³⁵/

Idiom

醍醐灌頂

(Buddhism) to enlighten someone with wisdom for achieving nirvana
(figurative) to inspire someone with insightful words

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