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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fóyé → fóye (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ → ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: for.ye
  - IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ i̯ɛ³⁵/ → /fu̯ɔ³⁵ i̯ɛ³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fat⁶ je⁴
  - Yale: faht yèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ je⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ yé⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/

Noun

佛爺

(Buddhism) Buddha

Derived terms

老佛爺／老佛爷 (lǎofóyé)

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