大佛

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	Buddha; Buddhism
simp. and trad. (大佛)		大	佛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dàfó

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄛˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): da⁴ fu²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ fat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàfó
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàfó
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-fo²
    • Yale: dà-fwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahfor
    • Palladius: дафо (dafo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: da⁴ fu²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dafu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta²¹³ fu²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ fat⁶
    • Yale: daaih faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² fɐt̚²/

Noun

大佛

1. a giant Buddha, statue or image

Derived terms

• 樂山大佛／乐山大佛 (Lèshān Dàfó)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大佛):

• → Japanese: 大仏(だいぶつ) (daibutsu)
• → Korean: 대불(大佛) (daebul)
• → Vietnamese: đại Phật (大佛)