抱佛腳
See also: 抱佛脚
Chinese
to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace; surround; cherish |
Buddha; Buddhism | role; foot; base | ||
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trad. (抱佛腳) | 抱 | 佛 | 腳 | |
simp. (抱佛脚) | 抱 | 佛 | 脚 | |
Literally: “to grab Buddha's foot”. |
Etymology
Short for the following saying:
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): pou5 fat6 goek3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phāu-hu̍t-kha / phō-pu̍t-kha
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bàofójiǎo
- Wade–Giles: pao4-fo2-chiao3
- Yale: bàu-fwó-jyǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawforjeau
- Palladius: баофоцзяо (baofoczjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: pou5 fat6 goek3
- Yale: póuh faht geuk
- Cantonese Pinyin: pou5 fat9 goek8
- Guangdong Romanization: pou5 fed6 gêg3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰou̯¹³ fɐt̚² kœːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phāu-hu̍t-kha / phō-pu̍t-kha
- Tâi-lô: phāu-hu̍t-kha / phō-pu̍t-kha
- Phofsit Daibuun: phauxhudqaf, phoixpudqaf
- IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau²²⁻²¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/, /pʰo²²⁻²¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau⁴¹⁻²² hut̚²⁴⁻² kʰa³³/, /pʰo⁴¹⁻²² put̚²⁴⁻² kʰa³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau²²⁻²¹ hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴/, /pʰo²²⁻²¹ put̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /pʰau³³⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/, /pʰo³³⁻¹¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau³³⁻²¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/, /pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 抱佛腳
- to leave something to do at the last minute; to make a last-minute effort
- (rare) to profess Buddhism
Derived terms
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