法座

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
simp. and trad. (法座)		法	座

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎzuò
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-tso⁴
    • Yale: fǎ-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faatzuoh
    • Palladius: фацзо (faczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/

Noun

法座

1. (Buddhism) Dharma throne

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法座):

• → Japanese: 法(ほう)座(ざ) (hōza)
• → Korean: 법좌(法座) (beopjwa)
• → Vietnamese: pháp toà (法座)

See also

• 法筵

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “法座” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].