佛祖

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (佛祖)		佛	祖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fózǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ zou²
• Eastern Min (BUC): hŭk-cū
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pu̍t-chó͘ / hu̍t-chó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hug⁸ zou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fózǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fózǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-tsu³
    • Yale: fwó-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fortzuu
    • Palladius: фоцзу (foczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ zou²
    • Yale: faht jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭk-cū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huʔ⁵⁻³³ t͡su³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: pu̍t-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pudzor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /put̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚²⁴⁻² t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /put̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡sɔ⁴²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hu̍t-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hudzor
    • IPA (Penang): /hut̚⁴⁻³ t͡sɔ⁴⁴⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hug⁸ zou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hu̍k tsóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huk̚⁴⁻² t͡sou⁵²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 佛祖

1. (Buddhism) founder of a Buddhist sect
2. (Buddhism, honorific) Buddha