活佛
Chinese
to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
Buddha; Buddhism | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (活佛) |
活 | 佛 | |
| Literally: “living Buddha”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huófó
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huófó
- Wade–Giles: huo2-fo2
- Yale: hwó-fwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwofor
- Palladius: хофо (xofo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ fu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wut6 fat6
- Yale: wuht faht
- Cantonese Pinyin: wut9 fat9
- Guangdong Romanization: wud6 fed6
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuːt̚² fɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-pu̍t
- Tâi-lô: ua̍h-pu̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: oaqput
- IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ put̚⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ put̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-hu̍t
- Tâi-lô: ua̍h-hu̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: oaqhut
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hut̚⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Noun
活佛
- compassionate person who helps people and benefits society, especially a senior monk
- (Tibetan Buddhism) tulku
Derived terms
- 濟公活佛 / 济公活佛