念佛

Chinese

		to miss; to think of; to read to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty	Buddha; Buddhism
trad. (念佛/唸佛)		念/唸	佛
simp. (念佛)		念	佛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niànfó

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄛˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nim⁶ fat⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): niam⁵ fut⁵

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): diam⁴ fud⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liām-pu̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niànfó
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niànfó
    • Wade–Giles: nien⁴-fo²
    • Yale: nyàn-fwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niannfor
    • Palladius: няньфо (njanʹfo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nim⁶ fat⁶
    • Yale: nihm faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nim⁶ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nim⁶ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm²² fɐt̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: niam⁵ fut⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdiam³² fut̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: diam⁴ fud⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tiam⁵³ fut̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liām-pu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: liām-pu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaxmput
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liam²²⁻²¹ put̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liam⁴¹⁻²² put̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam²²⁻²¹ put̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liam³³⁻¹¹ put̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam³³⁻²¹ put̚⁴/

Verb

念佛

1. (Buddhism) to recite 南無阿彌陀佛／南无阿弥陀佛 (Nāmó Ēmítuófó)

Derived terms

• 念佛機／念佛机 (niànfójī)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
念	佛
ねん Grade: 4	ぶつ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 念佛 – see the following entry.

【念仏ねんぶつ】 [noun] (Buddhism) a prayer or chant to the Buddha [noun] (Buddhism, especially) chanting the name of Amitābha Buddha, thought to rescue its devotee to the pure land [noun] (by extension) a candid advice or sermon that is one-sided and with the same tone [verb] (Buddhism) to pray to the Buddha [verb] (Buddhism, especially) to chant 南無阿弥陀仏 (namu Amida-butsu), an invocation to the Amitābha Buddha

(This term, 念佛, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
念	佛

Noun

念佛 • (yeombul) (hangeul 염불)

1. hanja form^? of 염불 (“recitation of 나무아미타불 (namuamitabul)”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
念	佛

Verb

念佛

1. chữ Hán form of niệm Phật (“to recite Nam mô A Di Đà Phật”).