"護法" meaning in Chinese

See 護法 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /xu⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /wuː²² faːt̚³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔu¹¹⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /hɔu²¹⁻⁴² haʔ²/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /hɔ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /hɔ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /xu⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /wuː²² faːt̚³/, /hɔu¹¹⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/, /hɔu²¹⁻⁴² haʔ²/, /hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/, /hɔ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/, /hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/, /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/, /hɔ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/ Chinese transliterations: hùfǎ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wu⁶ faat³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hou⁵ hah⁶ [Puxian-Min], hō͘-hoat, hùfǎ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], hùfǎ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hu⁴-fa³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], hù-fǎ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], huhfaa [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], хуфа [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], xufa [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], wuh faat [Cantonese, Yale], wu⁶ faat⁸ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wu⁶ fad³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hou⁵ hah⁶ [Phonetic:hou⁴ hah⁶] [Puxian-Min], hō-hah [Puxian-Min], hou⁵ hah⁶ [Phonetic:hou⁴ hah⁶] [Puxian-Min], hō͘-hoat [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], hōo-huat [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], hoxhoad [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 护法
Etymology: Calque of Sanskrit धर्मपाल (dharmapāla). Etymology templates: {{cal|zh|sa|धर्मपाल}} Calque of Sanskrit धर्मपाल (dharmapāla) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 護法
  1. (Buddhism) dharmapala
    Sense id: en-護法-zh-noun-ftz7mXJk Categories (other): Buddhism, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Buddhism Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 74 8 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 47 7 6 21 16 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 4 3 26 17 1 Disambiguation of Buddhism: 94 0 6 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion

Verb

IPA: /xu⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /wuː²² faːt̚³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔu¹¹⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /hɔu²¹⁻⁴² haʔ²/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /hɔ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /hɔ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /xu⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /wuː²² faːt̚³/, /hɔu¹¹⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/, /hɔu²¹⁻⁴² haʔ²/, /hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/, /hɔ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/, /hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/, /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/, /hɔ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/ Chinese transliterations: hùfǎ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wu⁶ faat³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hou⁵ hah⁶ [Puxian-Min], hō͘-hoat, hùfǎ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], hùfǎ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hu⁴-fa³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], hù-fǎ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], huhfaa [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], хуфа [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], xufa [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], wuh faat [Cantonese, Yale], wu⁶ faat⁸ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wu⁶ fad³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hou⁵ hah⁶ [Phonetic:hou⁴ hah⁶] [Puxian-Min], hō-hah [Puxian-Min], hou⁵ hah⁶ [Phonetic:hou⁴ hah⁶] [Puxian-Min], hō͘-hoat [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], hōo-huat [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], hoxhoad [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 护法
Etymology: Calque of Sanskrit धर्मपाल (dharmapāla). Etymology templates: {{cal|zh|sa|धर्मपाल}} Calque of Sanskrit धर्मपाल (dharmapāla) Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 護法
  1. to uphold the constitution/law
    Sense id: en-護法-zh-verb-8GgiZMGc Categories (other): Law Disambiguation of Law: 13 63 24
  2. to protect and maintain the Buddhist doctrine
    Sense id: en-護法-zh-verb-AJBhavOc
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu⁶ faat³"
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄚˇ"
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        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùfǎ"
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hu⁴-fa³"
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      "zh-pron": "hù-fǎ"
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      "zh-pron": "huhfaa"
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      "zh-pron": "хуфа"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "xufa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wuh faat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu⁶ faat⁸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu⁶ fad³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wuː²² faːt̚³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁵ hah⁶ [Phonetic:hou⁴ hah⁶]"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hinghwa-Romanized",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō-hah"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔu¹¹⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/",
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        "Putian"
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      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁵ hah⁶ [Phonetic:hou⁴ hah⁶]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔu²¹⁻⁴² haʔ²/",
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        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō͘-hoat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōo-huat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoxhoad"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/",
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        "Quanzhou"
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      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wuː²² faːt̚³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: hou⁴ hah⁶]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔu¹¹⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/hɔu²¹⁻⁴² haʔ²/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/"
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      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/"
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      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/"
    }
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      "zh-pron": "huhfaa"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "хуфа"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "xufa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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      "zh-pron": "wuh faat"
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      "zh-pron": "wu⁶ faat⁸"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu⁶ fad³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wuː²² faːt̚³/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
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        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Putian"
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        "Puxian-Min"
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      "zh-pron": "hou⁵ hah⁶ [Phonetic:hou⁴ hah⁶]"
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        "Hinghwa-Romanized",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
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      "zh-pron": "hō-hah"
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    {
      "ipa": "/hɔu¹¹⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/",
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        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Xianyou"
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/hɔu²¹⁻⁴² haʔ²/",
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        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō͘-hoat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōo-huat"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wuː²² faːt̚³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: hou⁴ hah⁶]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔu¹¹⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: hou⁴ hah⁶]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔu²¹⁻⁴² haʔ²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "護法"
}
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    },
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "zh-pron": "hō͘-hoat"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùfǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hu⁴-fa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "hù-fǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "huhfaa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Palladius",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуфа"
    },
    {
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        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xufa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wuh faat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu⁶ faat⁸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu⁶ fad³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wuː²² faːt̚³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁵ hah⁶ [Phonetic:hou⁴ hah⁶]"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hinghwa-Romanized",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō-hah"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔu¹¹⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁵ hah⁶ [Phonetic:hou⁴ hah⁶]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔu²¹⁻⁴² haʔ²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
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        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō͘-hoat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōo-huat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoxhoad"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wuː²² faːt̚³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: hou⁴ hah⁶]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔu¹¹⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: hou⁴ hah⁶]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔu²¹⁻⁴² haʔ²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "護法"
}

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        "zh:Buddhism"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "hō͘-hoat"
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
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    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
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      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùfǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hu⁴-fa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hù-fǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huhfaa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуфа"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xufa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wuh faat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu⁶ faat⁸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu⁶ fad³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wuː²² faːt̚³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁵ hah⁶ [Phonetic:hou⁴ hah⁶]"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hinghwa-Romanized",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō-hah"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔu¹¹⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁵ hah⁶ [Phonetic:hou⁴ hah⁶]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔu²¹⁻⁴² haʔ²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō͘-hoat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōo-huat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoxhoad"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wuː²² faːt̚³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: hou⁴ hah⁶]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔu¹¹⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: hou⁴ hah⁶]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔu²¹⁻⁴² haʔ²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "護法"
}

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