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Guanyin

East Asian manifestation of the Bodhisattva AvalokiteśvaraFull Chinese nameTraditional Chinese觀世音Simplified Chinese观世音Literal meaning"[The One Who] Perceives the Sounds of the World"Second alternative Chinese nameTraditional Chinese觀自在Simplified Chinese观自在Literal meaning"Lord who Gazes down on the World"Third alternative Chinese nameTraditional Chinese觀音媽Simplified Chinese观音妈Burmese nameBurmeseကွမ်ယင်Tibetan nameTibetanསྤྱན་རས་གཟིགསVietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetQuan Âm (Quán Âm) Quán Thế Âm (Quan Thế Âm) Quán Tự TạiChữ Hán觀音觀世音觀自在Thai nameThaiกวนอิม, พระอวโลกิเตศวรโพธิสัตว์RTGSKuan Im, Phra AwalokitesuanphotisatKorean nameHangul관음, 관세음, 관자재Hanja觀音, 觀世音, 觀自在Mongolian nameMongolian CyrillicЖанрайсаг, АрьяабалMongolian scriptᠵᠠᠨᠷᠠᠢᠰᠠᠭ᠂ᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠪᠠᠯᠣJapanese nameKanji観音, 観世音, 観自在Hiraganaかんのん, かんぜおん, かんじざいIndonesian nameIndonesianKwan Im, Kwan She Im, AwalokiteswaraFilipino nameTagalogKuan im ma (ᜃᜓᜀᜈ᜔ᜁᜋ᜔ᜋ)Sanskrit nameSanskritअवलोकितेश्वर (Avalokiteśvara)Khmer nameKhmerអវលោកិតេស្វរៈ (Avalokitesvarak), អវលោកេស្វរៈ (Avalokesvarak), លោកេស្វរៈ (Lokesvarak)Hmong nameHmongKabyeeb, Niam-Txiv Kabyeeb, Dabpog, Niam-Txiv DabpogGuanyin (Chinese: 觀音; pinyin: Guānyīn; Jyutping: Gun1 jam1) is a common Chinese name of the Bodhisattva associated with compassion known as Avalokiteśvara (Sanskrit: अवलोकितेश्वर).

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