佛爺

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (佛爺)		佛	爺
simp. (佛爷)		佛	爷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fóyé

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ je⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fóyé → fóye (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ → ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fóye̊
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-yeh⁵
    • Yale: fwó-ye
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: for.ye
    • Palladius: фое (foje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ → /fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ je⁴
    • Yale: faht yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/

Noun

佛爺

1. (Buddhism) Buddha

Derived terms

• 老佛爺／老佛爷 (lǎofóyé)