佛事

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (佛事)		佛	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fóshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fóshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fóshìh
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-shih⁴
    • Yale: fwó-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forshyh
    • Palladius: фоши (foši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Noun

佛事

1. (Buddhism) Buddhist devotional activities.

   • 常於府捨飯僧數百，使晝夜為佛事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     常于府舍饭僧数百，使昼夜为佛事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zizhitongjian

     Cháng yú fǔ shě fàn sēng shù bǎi, shǐ zhòuyè wèi fóshì. [Pinyin]

     He constantly gave alms to several hundred monks at his official residence, so that there were Buddhist ceremonies day and night.

2. (Buddhism) teachings and actions of a Buddha.

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “佛事” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].