浮屠
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (浮屠) |
浮 | 屠 | |
| alternative forms | 浮圖／浮图 | ||
Etymology
An early loanword into Middle Chinese. Possible sources include Bactrian Βοδδο (Boddo, “the Buddha”) or Middle-Indic, cf. Gandhari 𐨦𐨂𐨢𐨂 (budhu) (Ji, 1998v7). For the conflation of words for Buddhist stupas and for the Buddha, see also English pagoda.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Fútú
- Wade–Giles: Fu2-tʻu2
- Yale: Fú-tú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwutwu
- Palladius: Футу (Futu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu³⁵ tʰu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fau4 tou4
- Yale: fàuh tòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: fau4 tou4
- Guangdong Romanization: feo4 tou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɐu̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fù-thù
- Hakka Romanization System: fuˇ tuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fu2 tu2
- Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ tʰu¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Middle Chinese: bjuw du
Proper noun
浮屠
Synonyms
- 佛陀 (Fótuó)
Noun
浮屠
Derived terms
- 婆羅浮屠 / 婆罗浮屠 (Póluófútú)
- 救人一命，勝造七級浮屠 / 救人一命，胜造七级浮屠 (jiùrén yīmìng shèng zào qī jí fútú)
- 鐵浮屠 / 铁浮屠
Descendants
Middle Chinese