佛土
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Chinese
| Buddha; Buddhism | earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (佛土) |
佛 | 土 | |
Etymology
Calque of Sanskrit बुद्धक्षेत्र (buddhakṣetra), from बुद्ध (buddha, “Buddha”) + क्षेत्र (kṣetra, “land”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fótǔ
- Wade–Giles: fo2-tʻu3
- Yale: fwó-tǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fortuu
- Palladius: фоту (fotu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
佛土
Descendants
Further reading
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922),
“佛土” in 佛學大辭典 .
