布袋

Chinese

		cloth; fabric	a pouch; bag; sack a pouch; bag; sack; pocket
simp. and trad. (布袋)		布	袋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùdài

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ doi⁶ / bou³ doi^6-2
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pu-thoi

(Hailu, HRS): bu^ˇ toi^˖
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bou⁴ doe⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pò͘-tē / pò͘-tēr

(Teochew, Peng'im): bou³ do⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùdài
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùdài
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tai⁴
  - Yale: bù-dài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhday
  - Palladius: будай (budaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou³ doi⁶ / bou³ doi^6-2
  - Yale: bou doih / bou dói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ doi⁶ / bou³ doi^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou³ doi⁶ / bou³ doi^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ tɔːi̯²²/, /pou̯³³ tɔːi̯²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pu-thoi
  - Hakka Romanization System: bu toi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bu⁴ toi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pu⁵⁵ tʰoi̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: bu^ˇ toi^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /pu¹¹ tʰoi³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bou⁴ doe⁵ [Phonetic: bou⁴ loe⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bo̍-dē̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔu⁴² ^(t-)lø¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bou⁴ doe⁵ [Phonetic: bou⁴ loe⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔu⁴² ^(t-)lø²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò͘-tē
  - Tâi-lô: pòo-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: porde
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ te³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ te³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔ²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò͘-tēr
  - Tâi-lô: pòo-tēr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tə⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bou³ do⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pòu tō
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou²¹³⁻⁵⁵ to¹¹/

Noun

布袋

fabric bag
(literary) son-in-law married into the daughter's family
(dialectal Mandarin) pocket (bag sewn in clothing)

Synonyms

(son-in-law married into the daughter's family): 贅婿／赘婿 (zhuìxù), 補代／补代

Dialectal synonyms of 口袋 (“pocket (sewn into clothing)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口袋, 衣袋, 衣兜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	兜兒, 衣袋兒
	Taiwan	口袋
	Harbin	兜兒, 挎兜兒
	Singapore	口袋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	布袋兒, 布袋子, 口袋兒, 兜兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	布袋兒, 布兜兒, 兜兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	兜兒
	Wanrong	布袋
	Xi'an	口袋兒, 底底兒
	Xining	絀絀
	Xuzhou	挎包
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	兜兜子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	口袋, 衣服口袋子, 儲褡子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	包包, 包包兒, 荷包兒
	Wuhan	荷包, 口袋
	Guiyang	荷包
	Guilin	口袋
	Liuzhou	荷包, 口袋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	荷包
	Yangzhou	口袋
	Hefei	荷包, 口袋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	袋
	Hong Kong	袋
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	袋
	Macau	袋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	袋
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	袋
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	袋仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	袋
	Foshan	袋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	袋
	Foshan (Shunde)	袋
	Foshan (Sanshui)	袋
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	袋
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	袋
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	袋
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	袋
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	袋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	袋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	袋
	Taishan	袋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	袋
	Enping (Niujiang)	袋
	Heshan (Yayao)	袋
	Dongguan	袋
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	袋
	Yangjiang	袋
Gan	Nanchang	荷包
	Lichuan	荷包
	Pingxiang	袋仔
Hakka	Meixian	袋仔, 衫袋仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	袋
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	袋
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	袋
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	袋
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	燒袋
	Yudu	荷包
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	袋仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	袋仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	袋仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	袋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	袋仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	袋
Huizhou	Jixi	夾袋
Jin	Taiyuan	布袋袋, 倒叉叉, 兜兜
Jin	Xinzhou	倒叉叉, 倒叉子, 布袋袋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	袋仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	袋袋
Southern Min	Xiamen	袋仔
	Quanzhou	袋仔, 袋橐
	Jinjiang	通懷, 橐仔
	Yongchun	轆囝
	Zhangzhou	袋仔, 轆袋仔, 轆仔, 交袋仔
	Taipei	轆袋仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	轆袋仔
	Kaohsiung	轆袋仔
	Yilan	轆袋仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	通懷仔
	Taichung	轆袋仔
	Tainan	轆袋仔
	Hsinchu	袋仔
	Kinmen	袋仔, 轆仔
	Penghu (Magong)	轆袋仔, 轆仔, 懷
	Penang (Hokkien)	袋仔, poket
	Singapore (Hokkien)	轆袋, 袋
	Manila (Hokkien)	袋仔, 通懷, 橐仔
	Chaozhou	衫袋
	Shantou	袋
	Jieyang	衫袋
	Puning	勾袋
	Leizhou	袋
	Haikou	袋, 囊
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	袋
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	荷包
Wu	Shanghai	袋, 袋袋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	袋袋
	Suzhou	袋袋
	Danyang	袋袋, 袋子, 口袋
	Hangzhou	袋兒
	Ningbo	袋袋, 袋衫
	Wenzhou	兜兜, 兜
	Jinhua	袋
Xiang	Changsha	襖袋, 荷包
	Loudi	袋公
	Shuangfeng	袋子, 荷包

Derived terms

崁布袋 (Min Nan)
布袋和尚
布袋喙 (Min Nan)
布袋奶
布袋彈 / 布袋弹 (bùdàidàn)
布袋戲 / 布袋戏 (bùdàixì)
布袋蓮 / 布袋莲 (bùdàilián)
布袋裝 / 布袋装
帆布袋
愁布袋
水流內布袋戲臺 / 水流内布袋戏台
猢猻入布袋 / 猢狲入布袋
直頭布袋 / 直头布袋
飼鳥鼠咬布袋 / 饲鸟鼠咬布袋 (Min Nan)
養老鼠咬布袋 / 养老鼠咬布袋

Proper noun

布袋

(～鎮) Budai (an urban township in Chiayi County, Taiwan)
(～和尚) Budai (Chinese Buddhist monk)

References

“布袋”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
布	袋
ほ Grade: 5	たい > てい Grade: S
kan'on	irregular

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほてー [hòtéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞te̞ː]

Proper noun

布(ほ)袋(てい) • (Hotei)

(Shinto) Hotei, Budai, the fat and happy god of abundance and good health

Usage notes

Hotei is one of the seven gods of luck (七福神(しちふくじん) (shichi fukujin)).

Derived terms

布袋葵(ホテイアオイ) (hoteiaoi)
布(ほ)袋腹(ていばら) (hoteibara, “potbelly”)
布袋蘭(ホテイラン) (hoteiran)

Related terms

福禄寿(ふくろくじゅ) (Fukurokuju): god of happiness, wealth and longevity
恵比須(えびす) (Ebisu) / 恵比寿 / 夷 / 戎: god of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream
弁才天(べんざいてん) (Benzaiten) / 弁財天: the Japanese name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, art, beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers
吉祥天(きっしょうてん) (Kisshōten): the goddess of happiness, charm and beauty, of fertility, nature, and of human creativity, and the patronesses of joy, amusement and festivities
毘沙門天(びしゃもんてん) (Bishamonten): god of warriors
大黒(だいこく) (Daikoku) / 大黒天(だいこくてん) (Daikokuten): the god of wealth, commerce and trade. Ebisu and Daikoku are often paired and represented as carvings or masks on the walls of small retail shops
寿老人(じゅろうじん) (Jurōjin): the god of longevity

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
布	袋

Proper noun

布袋 • (Podae) (hangeul 포대)

hanja form^? of 포대 (“Budai”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
布	袋

Proper noun

布袋

chữ Hán form of Bố Đại (“Budai”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-2] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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