善男信女
Chinese edit
a pious man | female Buddhist devotee | ||
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trad. (善男信女) | 善男 | 信女 | |
simp. #(善男信女) | 善男 | 信女 | |
Literally: “virtuous men and faithful women”. |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
善男信女
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Entry #8220”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |||
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善 | 男 | 信 | 女 |
Noun edit
善男信女
- chữ Hán form of thiện nam tín nữ (“Buddhists as a whole”).