活菩薩
Chinese
editto live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person | ||
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trad. (活菩薩) | 活 | 菩薩 | |
simp. (活菩萨) | 活 | 菩萨 | |
Literally: “a living bodhisattva”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ → ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄆㄨˊ ˙ㄙㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: huópúså
- Wade–Giles: huo2-pʻu2-sa5
- Yale: hwó-pú-sa
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwopwu.sah
- Palladius: хопуса (xopusa)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu³⁵ sä⁵¹/ → /xu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu³⁵ sä³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wut6 pou4 saat3
- Yale: wuht pòuh saat
- Cantonese Pinyin: wut9 pou4 saat8
- Guangdong Romanization: wud6 pou4 sad3
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuːt̚² pʰou̯²¹ saːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
edit活菩薩
- (figurative, sometimes ironic) a kind-hearted, merciful, and helpful person