普渡

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǔdù

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄉㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou² dou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phó͘-tō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǔdù
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄉㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǔdù
  - Wade–Giles: pʻu³-tu⁴
  - Yale: pǔ-dù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puuduh
  - Palladius: пуду (pudu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pou² dou⁶
  - Yale: póu douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou² dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou² dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯³⁵ tou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phó͘-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: phóo-tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phofdo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔ³³/

Etymology 1

		general; popular; everywhere general; popular; everywhere; universal	to cross; to pass through; to ferry
simp. and trad. (普渡)		普	渡
alternative forms		普度

Verb

普渡

(Buddhism) to save (sentient beings) universally

Synonyms

廣度／广度 (guǎngdù)

Noun

普渡

(Buddhism) Ghost Festival; Ullambana Festival

Synonyms

中元節／中元节 (zhōngyuánjié)
地官誕／地官诞
盂蘭盆會／盂兰盆会 (Yúlánpénhuì)
盂蘭盆節／盂兰盆节 (Yúlánpénjié)
鬼節／鬼节 (guǐjié)
七月半 (qīyuèbàn)
(Jin) 七月十五
(Hokkien) 鬼仔節／鬼仔节, 徛旗, 普祀

Derived terms

中元普渡
慈航普渡
普度眾生 / 普度众生
普渡公

Etymology 2

		general; popular; everywhere general; popular; everywhere; universal	to cross; to pass through; to ferry
simp. and trad. (普渡)		普	渡

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

普渡

(～河) Pudu River (a river in Yunnan, China)

Etymology 3

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (普渡)		普	渡

From English pudu.

Noun

普渡

(～鹿) (zoology) pudu (a type of antelope)

Etymology 4

		general; popular; everywhere general; popular; everywhere; universal	to cross; to pass through; to ferry
simp. and trad. (普渡)		普	渡

Phono-semantic matching of English Purdue.

Proper noun

普渡

Purdue
普渡大學 [MSC, trad.]
普渡大学 [MSC, simp.]
Pǔdù Dàxué [Pinyin]
Purdue University

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
普	渡

Verb

普渡

chữ Hán form of phổ độ (“to save”)