佛系

Chinese

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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fóxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄒㄧˋ

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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/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 佛系

1. (slang, neologism, of a person) carefree, calm and easygoing (supposedly resembling a practitioner of Zen Buddhism); zen; chill

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