活佛

活佛

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	Buddha; Buddhism
simp. and trad. (活佛)		活	佛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huófó

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ fat⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): oa̍h-hu̍t / oa̍h-pu̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huófó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwofor
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huófó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwɔ³⁵ fwɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ fat⁶
    • Yale: wuht faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² fɐt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-hu̍t / oa̍h-pu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h-hu̍t / ua̍h-pu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaqhut, oaqput
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hut̚⁴/, /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ put̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² hut̚²⁴/, /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² put̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hut̚¹²¹/, /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ put̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴/, /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ put̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hut̚⁴/, /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ put̚⁴/

Noun

活佛

1. compassionate person who helps people and benefits society, especially a senior monk
2. (Tibetan Buddhism) tulku (literally "living Buddha")

Derived terms

濟公活佛／济公活佛