佛祖

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (佛祖)		佛	祖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fózǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄗㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ zou²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fu̍t-chú

(Hailu, HRS): fud^ˋ zu^ˊ
Eastern Min (BUC): hŭk-cū
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pu̍t-chó͘ / hu̍t-chó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): hug⁸ zou²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸veq-tsu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fózǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄗㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fózǔ
  - Wade–Giles: fo²-tsu³
  - Yale: fwó-dzǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fortzuu
  - Palladius: фоцзу (foczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fat⁶ zou²
  - Yale: faht jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ zou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² t͡sou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu̍t-chú
  - Hakka Romanization System: fud zu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fud⁶ zu³
  - Sinological IPA: /fut̚⁵ t͡su³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fud^ˋ zu^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /fut² t͡su²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭk-cū
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huʔ⁵⁻³³ t͡su³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: pu̍t-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pudzor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /put̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚²⁴⁻² t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /put̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡sɔ⁴²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudzor
  - IPA (Penang): /hut̚⁴⁻³ t͡sɔ⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hug⁸ zou²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hu̍k tsóu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huk̚⁴⁻² t͡sou⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸veq-tsu
  - MiniDict: veh^入 tsu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵veq-tsu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vəʔ¹¹ t͡su²³/

Noun

佛祖

(Buddhism) founder of a Buddhist sect

Proper noun

佛祖

(Buddhism, honorific) the Buddha

Synonyms

(Buddha): 佛 (fó)

Derived terms