成佛

See also: 成仏

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	Buddha; Buddhism
simp. and trad. (成佛)		成	佛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngfó

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ fat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-hu̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngfó
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngfó
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-fo²
    • Yale: chéng-fwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngfor
    • Palladius: чэнфо (čɛnfo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ fu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ fat⁶
    • Yale: sìhng faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ fɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-hu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-hu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: senghut
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hut̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² hut̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ hut̚⁴/

Verb

成佛

1. to get enlightenment and become a Buddha; to attain nirvana

Derived terms

• 即身成佛
• 放下屠刀便成佛
• 放下屠刀，立地成佛 (fàngxiàtúdāo, lìdìchéngfó)
• 立地成佛
• 見性成佛 / 见性成佛

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (成佛):

• → Japanese: 成(じょう)仏(ぶつ) (jōbutsu)
• → Korean: 성불(成佛) (seongbul)