活佛

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	Buddha; Buddhism
simp. and trad. (活佛)		活	佛
Literally: “living Buddha”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huófó

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ fat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h-pu̍t / oa̍h-hu̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huófó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huófó
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-fo²
    • Yale: hwó-fwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwofor
    • Palladius: хофо (xofo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ fu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ fat⁶
    • Yale: wuht faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² fɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-pu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h-pu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaqput
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ put̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ put̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-hu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h-hu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaqhut
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴/

Noun

活佛

1. compassionate person who helps people and benefits society, especially a senior monk
2. (Tibetan Buddhism) tulku

Derived terms

• 濟公活佛 / 济公活佛