佛手

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (佛手)		佛	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fóshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pu̍t-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fóshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fóshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-shou³
    • Yale: fwó-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forshoou
    • Palladius: фошоу (fošou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ sau²
    • Yale: faht sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: pu̍t-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pudchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Noun

佛手

1. Buddha's hand; fingered citron

Synonyms

• 佛手柑 (fóshǒugān)

Derived terms

• 佛手柑 (fóshǒugān)
• 佛手根 (fóshǒugēn)
• 佛手瓜 (fóshǒuguā)

 

Descendants

• → Macanese: mám-di-buda (calque)

See also

• (not to be confused with) 佛手瓜 (fóshǒuguā)