普渡

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǔdù

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou² dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phó͘-tō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǔdù
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǔdù
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu³-tu⁴
    • Yale: pǔ-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puuduh
    • Palladius: пуду (pudu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou² dou⁶
    • Yale: póu douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou² dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou² dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯³⁵ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phó͘-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: phóo-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phofdo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔ³³/

Etymology 1

		general; popular; everywhere general; popular; everywhere; universal	to cross; to pass through; to ferry
simp. and trad. (普渡)		普	渡
alternative forms		普度

Verb

普渡

1. (Buddhism) to save (sentient beings) universally

Synonyms

• 廣度／广度 (guǎngdù)

Noun

普渡

1. (Buddhism) Ghost Festival; Ullambana Festival

Synonyms

• 中元節／中元节 (zhōngyuánjié)
• 地官誕／地官诞
• 盂蘭盆會／盂兰盆会 (Yúlánpénhuì)
• 盂蘭盆節／盂兰盆节 (Yúlánpénjié)
• 鬼節／鬼节 (guǐjié)
• 七月半 (qīyuèbàn)
• (Jin) 七月十五
• (Hokkien) 鬼仔節／鬼仔节, 徛旗, 普祀

Derived terms

• 中元普渡
• 慈航普渡
• 普度眾生 / 普度众生
• 普渡公

 

Etymology 2

		general; popular; everywhere general; popular; everywhere; universal	to cross; to pass through; to ferry
simp. and trad. (普渡)		普	渡

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

普渡

1. (～河) Pudu River (a river in Yunnan, China)

Etymology 3

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (普渡)		普	渡

From English pudu.

Noun

普渡

1. (～鹿) (zoology) pudu (a type of antelope)

Etymology 4

		general; popular; everywhere general; popular; everywhere; universal	to cross; to pass through; to ferry
simp. and trad. (普渡)		普	渡

Phono-semantic matching of English Purdue.

Proper noun

普渡

1. Purdue

   普渡大學 [MSC, trad.]
   普渡大学 [MSC, simp.]

   Pǔdù Dàxué [Pinyin]

   Purdue University

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
普	渡

Verb

普渡

1. chữ Hán form of phổ độ (“to save”).