法螺
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法螺 (1, 2)
Chinese
law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.) |
aquatic snail | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (法螺) |
法 | 螺 | |
Etymology
Calque of Sanskrit धर्म शङ्ख (dharma śaṅkha, “conch shell of religion; conch of the law”). Tibetan equivalent is ཆོས་དུང (chos dung).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fǎluó
- Wade–Giles: fa3-lo2
- Yale: fǎ-lwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faaluo
- Palladius: фало (falo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: faat3 lo4
- Yale: faat lòh
- Cantonese Pinyin: faat8 lo4
- Guangdong Romanization: fad3 lo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /faːt̚³ lɔː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: pjop lwa
Noun
法螺
- (Buddhism) conch shell used as a Buddhist trumpet
- Triton's trumpet; giant triton (Charonia tritonis)
- (Buddhism) power and command of Buddhist teaching; doctrines of Buddhism
- (figurative) boasting; bragging; exaggeration; overstatement
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (法螺):
Further reading
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922),
“法螺” in 佛學大辭典 .
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 法 | 螺 |
| ほう > ほ Grade: 4 |
ら Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi | |