法身

法身

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
simp. and trad. (法身)		法	身
anagram		身法

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit धर्मकाय (dharmakāya, “law body”) or Pali dhammakāya. The Tibetan equivalent is ཆོས་སྐུ (chos sku).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ san¹
• Min Dong (BUC): huák-sĭng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fǎshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faashen
    • IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ san¹
    • Yale: faat sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ sen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fäːt̚³ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huák-sĭng
    • IPA ^(key): /huaʔ²⁴⁻²¹ siŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

法身

1. (Buddhism) dharmakaya

Related terms

三身 (sānshēn) 報身／报身 (bàoshēn)

應身／应身 (yìngshēn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法身):

• → Japanese: 法 (ほっ)身 (しん) (hosshin); 法 (ほう)身 (しん) (hōshin)
• → Korean: 법신 (法身, beopsin)
• → Vietnamese: pháp thân (法身)