佛龕

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See also: 佛龛

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	niche; shrine
trad. (佛龕)		佛	龕
simp. (佛龛)		佛	龛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fókān

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄎㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ ham¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu̍t-khâm
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pu̍t-kham / hu̍t-kham

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fókān
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄎㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fókan
  - Wade–Giles: fo²-kʻan¹
  - Yale: fwó-kān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forkan
  - Palladius: фокань (fokanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ kʰän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fat⁶ ham¹
  - Yale: faht hām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ ham¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ hem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² hɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu̍t-khâm
  - Hakka Romanization System: fud kam´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fud⁶ kam¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fut̚⁵ kʰam²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t-kham
  - Tâi-lô: pu̍t-kham
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pudqafm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚²⁴⁻² kʰam³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /put̚⁴⁻³² kʰam⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-kham
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-kham
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudqafm
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰam⁴⁴/

Noun

佛龕

niche for a Buddha statue

Synonyms

(Northern Min) 佛櫥／佛橱

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