彌勒菩薩

See also: 弥勒菩薩 and 弥勒菩萨

Chinese

		Maitreya	bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person
trad. (彌勒菩薩)		彌勒	菩薩
simp. (弥勒菩萨)		弥勒	菩萨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mílè Púsà

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ lak⁶ pou⁴ saat³
• Eastern Min (BUC): Mì-lĕk Bù-sák

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mílè Púsà
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mílè Púsà
    • Wade–Giles: Mi²-lê⁴ Pʻu²-sa⁴
    • Yale: Mí-lè Pú-sà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mileh Pwusah
    • Palladius: Милэ Пуса (Milɛ Pusa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ pʰu³⁵ sä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ lak⁶ pou⁴ saat³
    • Yale: mèih lahk pòuh saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ lak⁹ pou⁴ saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ leg⁶ pou⁴ sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ lɐk̚² pʰou̯²¹ saːt̚³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mì-lĕk Bù-sák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵³⁻³³ l̃ɛiʔ⁵ pu⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɑʔ²⁴/

Proper noun

彌勒菩薩

1. (Buddhism) Maitreya bodhisattva

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 彌勒 (“Maitreya; Laughing Buddha”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		彌勒, 彌勒佛, 彌勒菩薩
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	彌勒佛
	Singapore	彌勒佛, 彌勒菩薩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	彌羅佛
	Yangzhou	彌陀, 笑佛, 彌勒佛
Cantonese	Hong Kong	彌勒佛
Gan	Nanchang	彌勒佛
Hakka	Meixian	摁肚伯公
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	彌勒佛, 彌提
Southern Min	Xiamen	肥勒, 肥勒爺
	Quanzhou	肥勒
	Zhangzhou	肥勒, 肥勒佛, 阿肥勒佛仔
	Jieyang	彌勒佛
Xiang	Changsha	和合菩薩

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (彌勒菩薩):

• → Japanese: 弥(み)勒(ろく)菩(ぼ)薩(さつ) (Miroku Bosatsu)
• → Korean: 미륵보살(彌勒菩薩) (Mireukbosal)
• → Vietnamese: Di Lặc Bồ Tát (彌勒菩薩)

Korean

Hanja in this term
彌	勒	菩	薩

Proper noun

彌勒菩薩 • (Mireukbosal or McCune-Reischauer: Mirŭkposal or Yale: Milukqposal) (hangeul 미륵보살)

1. Hanja form^? of 미륵보살 (“Maitreya bodhisattva”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
彌	勒	菩	薩

Proper noun

彌勒菩薩

1. chữ Hán form of Di Lặc Bồ Tát (“Maitreya bodhisattva”).