佛土

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad. (佛土)		佛	土

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit बुद्धक्षेत्र (buddhakṣetra), from बुद्ध (buddha, “Buddha”) + क्षेत्र (kṣetra, “land”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fótǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fótǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fótǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-tʻu³
    • Yale: fwó-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fortuu
    • Palladius: фоту (fotu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

佛土

1. (Buddhism) the abode/realm of a Buddha

   Synonyms: 佛國 / 佛国 (fóguó), 佛國土 / 佛国土, 佛剎 / 佛刹 (fóchà)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛土):

• → Korean: 불토(佛土) (bulto)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “佛土” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].