彌陀珠

Chinese

		Mituo	pearl; bead
trad. (彌陀珠)		彌陀	珠
simp. (弥陀珠)		弥陀	珠

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): mî-dǒ̤-cṳ́

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mî-dǒ̤-cṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³³ tɔ²¹ t͡sy⁵⁴/

Noun

彌陀珠

1. (Northern Min) prayer beads

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 數珠 (“prayer beads; rosary”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		數珠, 念珠, 佛珠
Mandarin	Beijing	數珠兒, 念珠兒
	Yangzhou	佛珠子
Gan	Lichuan	念佛珠
Hakka	Meixian	佛珠
	Yudu	佛珠, 念珠
Jin	Taiyuan	念珠
Northern Min	Jian'ou	彌陀珠
Southern Min	Xiamen	數珠, 香珠, 捾珠
	Zhangzhou	捾珠
	Tainan	數珠, 念珠, 佛珠
Wu	Wenzhou	念佛珠珠, 拜佛珠珠