念佛

Chinese

		to miss; to think of; to read to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty	Buddha; Buddhism
trad. (念佛/唸佛)		念/唸	佛
simp. (念佛)		念	佛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niànfó

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄛˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nim⁶ fat⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): niam⁵ fut⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngiam-fu̍t

(Hailu, HRS): ngiam^˖ fud^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): diam⁴ fud⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liām-pu̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niànfó
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niànfó
  - Wade–Giles: nien⁴-fo²
  - Yale: nyàn-fwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niannfor
  - Palladius: няньфо (njanʹfo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nim⁶ fat⁶
  - Yale: nihm faht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nim⁶ fat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nim⁶ fed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm²² fɐt̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: niam⁵ fut⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdiam³² fut̚³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiam-fu̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiam fud
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiam⁴ fud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯am⁵⁵ fut̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiam^˖ fud^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋiam³³ fut²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: diam⁴ fud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /tiam⁵³ fut̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liām-pu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: liām-pu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaxmput
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liam²²⁻²¹ put̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liam⁴¹⁻²² put̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam²²⁻²¹ put̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liam³³⁻¹¹ put̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam³³⁻²¹ put̚⁴/

Verb

念佛

(Buddhism) to recite 南無阿彌陀佛／南无阿弥陀佛 (Nāmó Ēmítuófó)

Derived terms

念佛機 / 念佛机 (niànfójī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
念	佛
ねん Grade: 4	ぶつ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 念佛 – see the following entry.

【念仏ねんぶつ】

[noun] (Buddhism) a prayer or chant to the Buddha

[noun] (Buddhism, especially) chanting the name of Amitābha Buddha, thought to rescue its devotee to the pure land

[noun] (by extension) a candid advice or sermon that is one-sided and with the same tone

[verb] (Buddhism) to pray to the Buddha

[verb] (Buddhism, especially) to chant 南無阿弥陀仏 (namu Amida-butsu), an invocation to the Amitābha Buddha

(This term, 念佛, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
念	佛

Noun

念佛 • (yeombul) (hangeul 염불)

hanja form^? of 염불 (“recitation of 나무아미타불 (namuamitabul)”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
念	佛

Verb

念佛

chữ Hán form of niệm Phật (“(Buddhism) to recite 南無阿彌陀佛 (Nam mô A Di Đà Phật)”)