Chinese More information to live; alive; livingto live; alive; living; work; workmanship, Buddha; Buddhism ... to live; alive; livingto live; alive; living; work; workmanship Buddha; Buddhism simp. and trad.(活佛) 活 佛 Literally: “living Buddha”. Close Pronunciation Mandarin (Pinyin): huófó (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄛˊ Cantonese (Jyutping): wut6 fat6 Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h-pu̍t / oa̍h-hu̍t 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 compassionate person who helps people and benefits society, especially a senior monk (Tibetan Buddhism) tulku Derived terms 濟公活佛／济公活佛 Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.