崇奉

Chinese

		high; dignified; lofty high; dignified; lofty; to honour	to receive (from superior); to offer; to revere
trad. (崇奉)		崇	奉
simp. #(崇奉)		崇	奉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóngfèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄈㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sung⁴ fung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóngfèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄈㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóngfòng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung²-fêng⁴
    • Yale: chúng-fèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngfenq
    • Palladius: чунфэн (čunfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sung⁴ fung⁶
    • Yale: sùhng fuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sung⁴ fung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sung⁴ fung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ²¹ fʊŋ²²/

Verb

崇奉

1. to believe in; to follow (doctrines); to worship

   • 臣雖至愚，必知陛下不惑於佛，作此崇奉，以祈福祥也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     臣虽至愚，必知陛下不惑于佛，作此崇奉，以祈福祥也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Memorial on the Bones of the Buddha by Han Yu, 819 CE

     Chén suī zhì yú, bì zhī Bìxià bù huò yú Fó, zuò cǐ chóngfèng, yǐ qífú xiáng yě. [Pinyin]

     Although your servant is extremely stupid, he of course realizes that Your Majesty does not have blind faith in this Buddha, and is taking part in this worship to seek blessings and good fortune.

References

• Humble, Geoff (2022 October 18) “Memorial on the Bones of the Buddha”, in Global Medieval Sourcebook‎^[1], Stanford University, Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, retrieved 20 December 2023