笑佛

Chinese

		laugh; smile	Buddha; Buddhism
trad. (笑佛)		笑	佛
simp. #(笑佛)		笑	佛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiàofó

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiàofó
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siàofó
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiao⁴-fo²
    • Yale: Syàu-fwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiawfor
    • Palladius: Сяофо (Sjaofo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵/

Proper noun

笑佛

1. Laughing Buddha; Maitreya

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 彌勒 (“Maitreya; Laughing Buddha”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		彌勒, 彌勒佛, 彌勒菩薩
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	彌勒佛
	Singapore	彌勒佛, 彌勒菩薩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	彌羅佛
	Yangzhou	彌陀, 笑佛, 彌勒佛
Cantonese	Hong Kong	彌勒佛
Gan	Nanchang	彌勒佛
Hakka	Meixian	摁肚伯公
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	彌勒佛, 彌提
Southern Min	Xiamen	肥勒, 肥勒爺
	Quanzhou	肥勒
	Zhangzhou	肥勒, 肥勒佛, 阿肥勒佛仔
	Jieyang	彌勒佛
Xiang	Changsha	和合菩薩