佛法僧

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Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	monk
simp. and trad. (佛法僧)		佛	法	僧

Wikipedia has articles on:

佛法僧 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Refuge (Buddhism) (English)

Wikipedia has articles on:

三寶 (佛教) (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Oriental dollarbird (English)

Etymology

From 佛 (“Buddha”) +‎ 法 (“dharma”) +‎ 僧 (sēng, “sangha”), representing the Three Jewels of Buddhism.

The bird name is borrowed from Japanese 仏法僧.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fófǎsēng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄙㄥ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t-hoat-cheng / hu̍t-hoat-chng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fófǎsēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄙㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fófǎseng
  - Wade–Giles: fo²-fa³-sêng¹
  - Yale: fwó-fǎ-sēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forfaaseng
  - Palladius: фофасэн (fofasɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-hoat-cheng
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-huat-tsing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudhoatzefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² huat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ huat̚³²⁻⁵ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-hoat-chng
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-huat-tsng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudhoatzngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴⁻² huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sŋ̍³³/

Noun

佛法僧

Three Jewels or Triple Gem (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha)
oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛法僧):

→ Japanese: 仏法僧(ぶっぽうそう) (buppōsō)
→ Korean: 불법승(佛法僧) (bulbeopseung)
→ Vietnamese: phật pháp tăng (佛法僧)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佛	法	僧
ぶつ > ぶっ Jinmeiyō	ほう > ぽう Grade: 4	そう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

佛(ぶっ)法(ぽう)僧(そう) or 佛法僧(ブッポウソウ) • (buppōsō)

Kyūjitai form of 仏法僧

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