ཞི་བདེ
zhi bde/*ʑi.bde/
The Tibetan word for peace is ཞི་བདེ (zhi bde).
ཞི་བདེ is a noun used to describe a state of being free from war.
Meaning: state of being free from war (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The term is a compound of ཞི་ (zhi), meaning 'calm' or 'quiet' and བདེ (bde), meaning 'happiness' or 'well-being'.
How do you pronounce it?
The pronunciation is zhi bde. The IPA is /*ʑi.bde/.
Did you know?
- While ཞི་བདེ describes a state of peace, Tibetans often express a wish for peace by using the phrase བདེ་ལེགས, which is also the standard greeting for 'hello'.
- In many Tibetan meditative practices, achieving ཞི་བདེ is the prerequisite for gaining wisdom, making peace a tool rather than just a result.
- In Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, ཞི་ refers to a specific type of meditative stabilization known as 'shamatha', where the mind becomes completely still.
Example sentences for Tibetan are not verified yet.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “peace” translations and entries ཞི་བདེ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
