佛珠
Chinese
| Buddha; Buddhism | pearl; bead | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (佛珠) |
佛 | 珠 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fat6 zyu1
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fud5 zu1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t-chu / pu̍t-chu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fózhū
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄓㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fójhu
- Wade–Giles: fo2-chu1
- Yale: fwó-jū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forju
- Palladius: фочжу (fočžu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fózhūr
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fójhur
- Wade–Giles: fo2-chu1-ʼrh
- Yale: fwó-jūr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forjul
- Palladius: фочжур (fočžur)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂuɻʷ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fat6 zyu1
- Yale: faht jyū
- Cantonese Pinyin: fat9 dzy1
- Guangdong Romanization: fed6 ju1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɐt̚² t͡syː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-chu
- Tâi-lô: hu̍t-tsu
- Phofsit Daibuun: hudzw
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t-chu
- Tâi-lô: pu̍t-tsu
- Phofsit Daibuun: pudzw
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Noun
佛珠
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 數珠 (“prayer beads; rosary”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 數珠, 念珠, 佛珠 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 數珠兒, 念珠兒 |
| Taiwan | 佛珠, 念珠 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 佛珠子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 佛珠 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 念佛珠 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 佛珠 |
| Yudu | 佛珠, 念珠 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 念珠 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 彌陀珠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 素珠 |
| Fuqing | 素珠 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 數珠, 香珠, 捾珠 |
| Zhangzhou | 捾珠 | |
| Tainan | 數珠, 念珠, 佛珠, 捾珠 | |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 念佛珠珠, 拜佛珠珠 |
Derived terms
- 老虎掛念佛珠 / 老虎挂念佛珠