佛光
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Chinese
| Buddha; Buddhism | light; ray; bright | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (佛光) |
佛 | 光 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fóguang
- Wade–Giles: fo2-kuang1
- Yale: fwó-gwāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forguang
- Palladius: фогуан (foguan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fat6 gwong1
- Yale: faht gwōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: fat9 gwong1
- Guangdong Romanization: fed6 guong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɐt̚² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
佛光
- (Buddhism) the light of the Buddha; spiritual enlightenment
- 佛光普照 ― fóguāng pǔzhào ― the Buddha's Light Brighteneth Everything
- radiance from the top of a Buddhist statue
- (meteorology, optics) anticorona; the glory optical phenomenon