佛系

Chinese

		Buddhist	system
trad. (佛系)		佛	系
simp. ^#(佛系)		佛	系

Etymology

Supposedly resembling a practitioner of Zen Buddhism. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “is it from Japanese?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fóxì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ hai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fóxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fósì
  - Wade–Giles: fo²-hsi⁴
  - Yale: fwó-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forshih
  - Palladius: фоси (fosi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fat⁶ hai⁶
  - Yale: faht haih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ hai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ hei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² hɐi̯²²/

Adjective

佛系

(slang, neologism, of a person) lacking ambition and desire for money or success; satisfied with a simple life; abstinent
佛系青年 ― fóxì qīngnián ― zen youth (slang)