Falun Gong

See also: Fǎlún Gōng

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 法輪功／法轮功 (Fǎlún Gōng). "法輪" is a Chinese term referring to the Buddhist concept dharmachakra, and "功" means gong, a high-level or advanced type of spiritual meditation practice in China.

Proper noun

Falun Gong

1. A spiritual practice founded in China by Li Hongzhi ((deprecated template usage) 李洪志) in 1992.

Synonyms

• Falun Dafa

Translations

a spiritual practice

• Arabic: فَالُون غُونْغ m (falūn ḡunḡ), فَالُون دَافَا (fālūn dāfā)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 法輪功／法轮功 (faat³ leon⁴ gung¹), 法轮功 (faat³ leon⁴ gung¹), 法輪大法／法轮大法 (faat³ leon⁴ daai⁶ faat³), 法轮大法 (faat³ leon⁴ daai⁶ faat³)

  Mandarin: 法輪功／法轮功 (zh) (Fǎlún Gōng), 法轮功 (zh) (Fǎlún Gōng), 法輪大法／法轮大法 (Fǎlún Dàfǎ), 法轮大法 (Fǎlún Dàfǎ)

• Finnish: Falun Gong
• Georgian: ფალუნ დაფა (palun dapa), ფალუნ გუნი (palun guni)
• Hebrew: פָאלוּן דָאפָא, פאלון גונג
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 法輪功 (ほうりんこう, Hōrinkō; ふぁーるんごん, Fārungon), ファールンゴン (Fārungon)
• Korean: 파룬궁 (Palungung), 법륜공 (Beoplyungong) (法輪功)
• Persian: فالون‌گانگ
• Portuguese: Falun Gong m
• Russian: Фалуньгу́н m (Falunʹgún), Фалу́нь Дафа́ (Falúnʹ Dafá)
• Serbo-Croatian: Фалун Гонг (Falun Gong)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: Pháp Luân Công (法輪功), Pháp Luân Đại Pháp (法輪大法)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Falun Gong m

1. Falun Gong (a spiritual practice founded in China in 1992)