佛光

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (佛光)		佛	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fóguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ gwong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fóguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fóguang
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-kuang¹
    • Yale: fwó-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forguang
    • Palladius: фогуан (foguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ gwong¹
    • Yale: faht gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

佛光

1. (Buddhism) the light of the Buddha; spiritual enlightenment

   佛光普照  ―  fóguāng pǔzhào  ―  the Buddha's Light Brighteneth Everything

2. radiance from the top of a Buddhist statue
3. (meteorology, optics) anticorona; the glory optical phenomenon

Derived terms

• 佛光山
• 佛光普照