佛法

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (佛法)		佛	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fófǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu² fa²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ faat³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu̍t-fap
• Eastern Min (BUC): hŭk-huák
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t-hoat / pu̍t-hoat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hug⁸ huab⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸veq-faq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fófǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fófǎ
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-fa³
    • Yale: fwó-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forfaa
    • Palladius: фофа (fofa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fu² fa²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fufa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹ fa²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ faat³
    • Yale: faht faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² faːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu̍t-fap
    • Hakka Romanization System: fud fab`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fud⁶ fab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /fut̚⁵ fap̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭk-huák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huʔ⁵⁻²¹ huɑʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: hu̍t-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hudhoad
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴⁻² huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² huat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: pu̍t-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pudhoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚⁴⁻³² huat̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hug⁸ huab⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hu̍k huap
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huk̚⁴⁻² huap̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸veq-faq
    • MiniDict: veh^入 fah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵veq-faq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vəʔ¹¹ faʔ²³/

Noun

佛法

1. Buddhist doctrine; dharma; Buddha's teachings; Buddha-dharma

   佛法無邊。／佛法无边。  ―  Fófǎ wúbiān.  ―  The Buddha-dharma is boundless.

2. power of Buddha

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛法):

• → Japanese: 仏法(ぶっぽう) (buppō)
• → Korean: 불법(佛法) (bulbeop)
• → Vietnamese: phật pháp (佛法)