佛系

Chinese

		Buddhist	system
trad. (佛系)		佛	系
simp. #(佛系)		佛	系

Etymology

Supposedly resembling a practitioner of Zen Buddhism. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “is it from Japanese?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fóxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ hai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fóxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fósì
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-hsi⁴
    • Yale: fwó-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forshih
    • Palladius: фоси (fosi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ hai⁶
    • Yale: faht haih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ hai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ hei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² hɐi̯²²/

Adjective

佛系

1. (slang, neologism, of a person) lacking ambition and desire for money or success; satisfied with a simple life; abstinent

   佛系青年  ―  fóxì qīngnián  ―  zen youth (slang)