佛土
Chinese edit
Buddha; Buddhism | earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian | ||
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simp. and trad. (佛土) |
佛 | 土 |
Etymology edit
Calque of Sanskrit बुद्धक्षेत्र (buddhakṣetra), from बुद्ध (buddha, “Buddha”) + क्षेत्र (kṣetra, “land”).
Pronunciation edit
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fótǔ
- Wade–Giles: fo2-tʻu3
- Yale: fwó-tǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fortuu
- Palladius: фоту (fotu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun edit
佛土
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “佛土” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].