佛性

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (佛性)		佛	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fóxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ sing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fóxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fósìng
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-hsing⁴
    • Yale: fwó-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forshinq
    • Palladius: фосин (fosin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ sing³
    • Yale: faht sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: hu̍t-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hudsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hut̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴⁻² siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

佛性

1. Buddha-nature

Derived terms

• 三因佛性
• 正因佛性
• 眾生皆有佛性／众生皆有佛性

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛性):

• → Japanese: 仏性(ぶっしょう) (busshō)
• → Korean: 불성(佛性) (bulseong)
• → Vietnamese: phật tính (佛性)

Further reading

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
佛	性

Noun

佛性 • (bulseong) (hangeul 불성)

1. Hanja form^? of 불성 (“Buddha-nature”).