佛跳牆

See also: 佛跳墙

Chinese

FWOTD – 28 December 2015

		Buddha; Buddhism	jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	wall
trad. (佛跳牆/佛跳墻)		佛	跳	牆/墻
simp. (佛跳墙)		佛	跳	墙

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 佛跳牆 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Hu̍t-thiàu-chhiûⁿ (Southern Min)
• Buddha Jumps Over the Wall (English)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fótiàoqiáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ tiu³ coeng⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): hŭk-tiéu-chiòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t-thiàu-chhiûⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fótiàoqiáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fótiàociáng
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-tʻiao⁴-chʻiang²
    • Yale: fwó-tyàu-chyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fortiawchyang
    • Palladius: фотяоцян (fotjaocjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ tiu³ coeng⁴
    • Yale: faht tiu chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ tiu³ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ tiu³ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² tʰiːu̯³³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭk-tiéu-chiòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huʔ⁵⁻²¹ tʰieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-thiàu-chhiûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hu̍t-thiàu-tshiûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hudtiaochviuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² tʰiau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /hut̚⁴³⁻²¹ tʰiau²¹⁻⁴² t͡sʰiũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² tʰiau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiũ²³/

Noun

佛跳牆

1. Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, a type of shark fin soup from Fujian cuisine
   • 1978, “佛跳牆”, in 許冠傑, 黎彼得 (lyrics), 財神到, performed by 許冠傑:

     佛跳牆，炆得咁鬼香，見到佛跳牆，鬼都要裝香 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佛跳墙，炆得咁鬼香，见到佛跳墙，鬼都要装香 [Cantonese, simp.]

     fat⁶ tiu³ coeng⁴, man¹ dak¹ gam³ gwai² hoeng¹, gin³ dou² fat⁶ tiu³ coeng⁴, gwai² dou¹ jiu³ zong¹ hoeng¹ [Jyutping]

     Fotiaoqiang, stewed so darn aromatically; at the sight of fotiaoqiang, even the spirits want to burn incense

Descendants

• Korean: 불도장 (buldojang)
• → Thai: พระกระโดดกำแพง (calque)