佛爺 in Chinese

IPA: /fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/, /fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/, /fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/ Chinese transliterations: fóyé [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], fat⁶ je⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], fóyé [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], fóye [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard, toneless-final-syllable-variant], fóye̊ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], fo²-yeh⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], fwó-ye [Mandarin, Yale, standard], for.ye [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], фое [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], foje [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], faht yèh [Cantonese, Yale], fat⁹ je⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], fed⁶ yé⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 佛爷 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 佛爺

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          "roman": "lǎofóyé",
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      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ"
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      "zh-pron": "fóye̊"
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        "Wade-Giles",
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      "zh-pron": "fo²-yeh⁵"
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      "zh-pron": "for.ye"
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      "zh-pron": "фое"
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      "zh-pron": "fat⁹ je⁴"
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      "ipa": "/fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/"
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      "ipa": "/fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/"
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  ],
  "word": "佛爺"
}

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      "zh-pron": "fóyé"
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ"
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "fat⁶ je⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "fóyé"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ"
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        "bopomofo",
        "standard",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fóye̊"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fo²-yeh⁵"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
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        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fwó-ye"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "for.ye"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
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        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фое"
    },
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        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "foje"
    },
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        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "faht yèh"
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      "zh-pron": "fat⁹ je⁴"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "fed⁶ yé⁴"
    },
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      "ipa": "/fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "佛爺"
}

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"佛爺" meaning in Chinese

Noun