佛誕

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	birth; birthday; brag birth; birthday; brag; boast; to increase
trad. (佛誕)		佛	誕
simp. (佛诞)		佛	诞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fódàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ daan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fódàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fódàn
    • Wade–Giles: Fo²-tan⁴
    • Yale: Fwó-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fordann
    • Palladius: Фодань (Fodanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ daan³
    • Yale: faht daan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ daan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ dan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² taːn³³/

Proper noun

佛誕

1. Buddha's Birthday; Buddha Day

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 佛誕 (“Buddha's Birthday”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		佛誕, 佛誕日, 佛誕節, 浴佛節, 灌佛會
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	佛誕
Cantonese	Hong Kong	佛誕
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	四月八, 佛祖生
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	洗佛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	四月八, 佛祖生
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	四月八, 佛祖生
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	四月八, 佛祖生
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	四月初八
Southern Min	Xiamen	佛祖生
	Quanzhou	佛祖生
	Jinjiang	佛生日
	Zhangzhou	佛祖生, 尪公生

Derived terms

• 佛誕日／佛诞日 (Fódànrì)
• 佛誕節／佛诞节