法身
Chinese
law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.) |
body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (法身) | 法 | 身 | |
| simp. #(法身) | 法 | 身 | |
| anagram | 身法 | ||
Etymology
Calque of Sanskrit धर्मकाय (dharmakāya, “law body”) or Pali dhammakāya. The Tibetan equivalent is ཆོས་སྐུ (chos sku).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): faat3 san1
- Eastern Min (BUC): huák-sĭng
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7faq-sen
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fǎshēn
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fǎshen
- Wade–Giles: fa3-shên1
- Yale: fǎ-shēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faashen
- Palladius: фашэнь (fašɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: faat3 san1
- Yale: faat sān
- Cantonese Pinyin: faat8 san1
- Guangdong Romanization: fad3 sen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /faːt̚³ sɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: pjop syin
Noun
法身
Related terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (法身):
Further reading
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “法身” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].