鐵佛寺

Chinese

		iron	Buddha; Buddhism	Buddhist temple
trad. (鐵佛寺)		鐵	佛	寺
simp. (铁佛寺)		铁	佛	寺

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Italian tifosi (“fan of a sports club”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiěfósì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄙˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiěfósì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiěfósìh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-fo²-ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: tyě-fwó-sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieeforsyh
    • Palladius: тефосы (tefosy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/

Noun

鐵佛寺

1. (sports, humorous, fandom slang) fans of Formula 1 racing team Scuderia Ferrari.