佛門

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See also: 佛门

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (佛門)		佛	門
simp. (佛门)		佛	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fómén

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ mun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pu̍t-mn̂g / hu̍t-mn̂g / hu̍t-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fómén
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fómén
  - Wade–Giles: fo²-mên²
  - Yale: fwó-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: formen
  - Palladius: фомэнь (fomɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fat⁶ mun⁴
  - Yale: faht mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² muːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    佛門／佛门
    閥門／阀门
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: pu̍t-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pudmngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚⁴⁻³² mŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudmngg
  - IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² mŋ̍²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudbuun
  - IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² bun²³/

Noun

佛門

Buddhism
皈依佛門／皈依佛门 ― guīyī fómén ― to be converted to Buddhism

Synonyms

佛教 (Fójiào)
禪門／禅门 (chánmén)
象教 (xiàngjiào)
釋家／释家 (shìjiā) (archaic)
釋教／释教 (shìjiào) (archaic)

Derived terms

佛門弟子／佛门弟子

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛門):

→ Japanese: 仏門(ぶつもん) (butsumon)
→ Korean: 불문(佛門) (bulmun)
→ Vietnamese: phật môn (佛門)

Further reading

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

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