佛事

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Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (佛事)		佛	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fóshì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄕˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fóshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fóshìh
  - Wade–Giles: fo²-shih⁴
  - Yale: fwó-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forshyh
  - Palladius: фоши (foši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Noun

佛事

(Buddhism) Buddhist devotional activities.
- 常於府捨飯僧數百，使晝夜為佛事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  常于府舍饭僧数百，使昼夜为佛事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zizhitongjian
  Cháng yú fǔ shě fàn sēng shù bǎi, shǐ zhòuyè wèi fóshì.
  He constantly gave alms to several hundred monks at his official residence, so that there were Buddhist ceremonies day and night.
(Buddhism) teachings and actions of a Buddha.

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “佛事” in 佛學大辭典 .

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