借花獻佛
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Chinese
[edit]to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of |
flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern |
to offer | Buddha; Buddhism | ||
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trad. (借花獻佛) | 借 | 花 | 獻 | 佛 | |
simp. (借花献佛) | 借 | 花 | 献 | 佛 | |
Literally: “to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ze3 faa1 hin3 fat6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chioh-hoe-hiàn-pu̍t
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jièhuasiànfó
- Wade–Giles: chieh4-hua1-hsien4-fo2
- Yale: jyè-hwā-syàn-fwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehhuashiannfor
- Palladius: цзехуасяньфо (czexuasjanʹfo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ze3 faa1 hin3 fat6
- Yale: je fā hin faht
- Cantonese Pinyin: dze3 faa1 hin3 fat9
- Guangdong Romanization: zé3 fa1 hin3 fed6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɛː³³ faː⁵⁵ hiːn³³ fɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh-hoe-hiàn-pu̍t
- Tâi-lô: tsioh-hue-hiàn-pu̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: cioihhoe'hiernput
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ put̚⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ put̚⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴⁻²² hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ put̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Idiom
[edit]借花獻佛
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 借花獻佛 (“to offer something that one has received to someone else”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 借花獻佛 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 借花獻佛 |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 借花敬佛 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 借花獻佛 |
Tainan | 別儂個桌頂夾肉飼大家 | |
Longyan | 借花獻佛 |
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