Chinese

Verb

破戒

1. (religion) to break a commandment
2. (by extension) to make an exception

Derived terms

Descendants

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) はかい [hàkáí] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ka̠i]

Noun

破戒 ‎(hiragana はかい, romaji hakai)

1. breaking a commandment, especially a religious commandment

Antonyms

• 持戒 (じかい) ‎(jikai)

Compounds

• 破戒僧 (はかいそう) ‎(hakaisō)

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.