佛滅

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	extinguish
trad. (佛滅)		佛	滅
simp. (佛灭)		佛	灭
anagram		滅佛／灭佛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fómiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fómiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fómiè
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-mieh⁴
    • Yale: fwó-myè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: formieh
    • Palladius: фоме (fome)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjut mjiet

Rime
Character	佛	滅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	物 (60)	薛 (81)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	符弗切	亡列切
Baxter	bjut	mjiet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨut̚/	/miᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/biut̚/	/miɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biuət̚/	/mjæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/but̚/	/miat̚/
Li Rong	/biuət̚/	/miɛt̚/
Wang Li	/bĭuət̚/	/mĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uət̚/	/mi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	miè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat6	mit6

Noun

佛滅

1. (Buddhism) Buddha's death

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛滅):

• → Japanese: 仏(ぶつ)滅(めつ) (butsumetsu)
• → Korean: 불멸(佛滅) (bulmyeol)