佛門

See also: 佛门

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (佛門)		佛	門
simp. (佛门)		佛	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fómén

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ mun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pu̍t-mn̂g / hu̍t-mn̂g / hu̍t-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fómén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fómén
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-mên²
    • Yale: fwó-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: formen
    • Palladius: фомэнь (fomɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ mun⁴
    • Yale: faht mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² muːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 佛門／佛门 閥門／阀门

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: pu̍t-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pudmngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚⁴⁻³² mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: hu̍t-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hudmngg
    • IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² mŋ̍²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: hu̍t-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hudbuun
    • IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² bun²³/

Noun

佛門

1. Buddhism

   皈依佛門／皈依佛门  ―  guīyī fómén  ―  to be converted to Buddhism

Synonyms

• 佛教 (Fójiào)
• 禪門／禅门 (chánmén)
• 象教 (xiàngjiào)
• 釋家／释家 (shìjiā) (archaic)
• 釋教／释教 (shìjiào) (archaic)

 

Derived terms

• 佛門弟子／佛门弟子

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛門):

• → Japanese: 仏門(ぶつもん) (butsumon)
• → Korean: 불문(佛門) (bulmun)
• → Vietnamese: phật môn (佛門)

Further reading

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