浮屠

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 浮屠. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 浮屠, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 浮屠 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 浮屠 you have here. The definition of the word 浮屠 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of浮屠, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(浮屠)
alternative forms 浮圖浮图
Wikipedia has an article on:

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



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (3) (7)
Final () (136) (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter bjuw du
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨu/ /duo/
Pan
Wuyun
/biu/ /duo/
Shao
Rongfen
/biəu/ /do/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buw/ /dɔ/
Li
Rong
/biu/ /do/
Wang
Li
/bĭəu/ /du/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ə̯u/ /dʱuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau4 tou4

Proper noun

浮屠

  1. Buddha
  2. () Futu (a town in Yangxin, Huangshi, Hubei, China)

Synonyms

Noun

浮屠

  1. Buddhist monk
  2. Buddhist stupa

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle Chinese

Sino-Xenic (浮屠):
  • Vietnamese: phù đồ (浮屠)
  • Proto-Koreanic: *Pwutukye