"念佛" meaning in Chinese

See 念佛 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ni̯ɛn⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /niːm²² fɐt̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ⁿdiam³² fut̚³²/ [Cantonese, Taishanese, Taicheng, Sinological-IPA], /ŋi̯am⁵⁵ fut̚⁵/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /ŋiam³³ fut²/ [Hakka, Hailu, Zhudong, Sinological-IPA], /tiam⁵³ fut̚⁵/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /liam²²⁻²¹ put̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /liam⁴¹⁻²² put̚²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /liam²²⁻²¹ put̚¹²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /liam³³⁻¹¹ put̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /liam³³⁻²¹ put̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 唸佛 [Traditional-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 念佛
  1. (Buddhism) to recite 南無阿彌陀佛/南无阿弥陀佛 (Nāmó Ēmítuófó) Derived forms: 念佛機 (niànfójī), 念佛机 (niànfójī)
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "唸佛",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "念佛",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Buddhism",
          "orig": "zh:Buddhism",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "niànfójī",
          "word": "念佛機"
        },
        {
          "roman": "niànfójī",
          "word": "念佛机"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to recite 南無阿彌陀佛/南无阿弥陀佛 (Nāmó Ēmítuófó)"
      ],
      "id": "en-念佛-zh-verb-4dpWzPzg",
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "南無阿彌陀佛",
          "南無阿彌陀佛#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "南无阿弥陀佛",
          "南无阿弥陀佛#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism) to recite 南無阿彌陀佛/南无阿弥陀佛 (Nāmó Ēmítuófó)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "niànfó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nim⁶ fat⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "niam⁵ fut⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiam-fu̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiam^˖ fud^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "diam⁴ fud⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liām-pu̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "niànfó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "niànfó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nien⁴-fo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nyàn-fwó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "niannfor"
    },
    {
      "roman": "njanʹfo",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "няньфо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni̯ɛn⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nim⁶ fat⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nihm faht"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nim⁶ fat⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nim⁶ fed⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/niːm²² fɐt̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishanese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "niam⁵ fut⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ⁿdiam³² fut̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishanese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiam-fu̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiam fud"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiam⁴ fud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋi̯am⁵⁵ fut̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiam^˖ fud^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋiam³³ fut²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "diam⁴ fud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiam⁵³ fut̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liām-pu̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liām-pu̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liaxmput"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liam²²⁻²¹ put̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liam⁴¹⁻²² put̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liam²²⁻²¹ put̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liam³³⁻¹¹ put̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liam³³⁻²¹ put̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "念佛"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "niànfójī",
      "word": "念佛機"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niànfójī",
      "word": "念佛机"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "唸佛",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "念佛",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 佛",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 念",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Taishanese lemmas",
        "Taishanese verbs",
        "zh:Buddhism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to recite 南無阿彌陀佛/南无阿弥陀佛 (Nāmó Ēmítuófó)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "南無阿彌陀佛",
          "南無阿彌陀佛#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "南无阿弥陀佛",
          "南无阿弥陀佛#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism) to recite 南無阿彌陀佛/南无阿弥陀佛 (Nāmó Ēmítuófó)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "niànfó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nim⁶ fat⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "niam⁵ fut⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiam-fu̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiam^˖ fud^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "diam⁴ fud⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liām-pu̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "niànfó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "niànfó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nien⁴-fo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nyàn-fwó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "niannfor"
    },
    {
      "roman": "njanʹfo",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "няньфо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni̯ɛn⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nim⁶ fat⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nihm faht"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nim⁶ fat⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nim⁶ fed⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/niːm²² fɐt̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishanese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "niam⁵ fut⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ⁿdiam³² fut̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishanese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiam-fu̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiam fud"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiam⁴ fud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋi̯am⁵⁵ fut̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiam^˖ fud^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋiam³³ fut²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "diam⁴ fud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiam⁵³ fut̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liām-pu̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liām-pu̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liaxmput"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liam²²⁻²¹ put̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liam⁴¹⁻²² put̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liam²²⁻²¹ put̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liam³³⁻¹¹ put̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liam³³⁻²¹ put̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "念佛"
}

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