佛馱

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (佛馱)		佛	馱
simp. (佛驮)		佛	驮

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fótuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fótuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fótuó
    • Wade–Giles: Fo²-tʻo²
    • Yale: Fwó-twó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fortwo
    • Palladius: Фото (Foto)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjut da|daH

Rime
Character	佛	馱	馱
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	物 (60)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	I
Fanqie	符弗切	徒河切	唐佐切
Baxter	bjut	da	daH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨut̚/	/dɑ/	/dɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/biut̚/	/dɑ/	/dɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/biuət̚/	/dɑ/	/dɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/but̚/	/da/	/daH/
Li Rong	/biuət̚/	/dɑ/	/dɑH/
Wang Li	/bĭuət̚/	/dɑ/	/dɑH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uət̚/	/dʱɑ/	/dʱɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	tuó	duò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat6	to4	do6

Proper noun

佛馱

1. Synonym of 佛陀 (Fótuó) (primarily used in transcriptions of foreign personal names)