滅佛

Chinese

		extinguish	Buddha; Buddhism
trad. (滅佛)		滅	佛
simp. (灭佛)		灭	佛
anagram		佛滅／佛灭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mièfó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄈㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ fat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mièfó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄈㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mièfó
    • Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-fo²
    • Yale: myè-fwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehfor
    • Palladius: мефо (mefo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mit⁶ fat⁶
    • Yale: miht faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² fɐt̚²/

Verb

滅佛

1. (historical) to suppress Buddhism; to destroy Buddhism

   三武滅佛／三武灭佛  ―  sān wǔ mièfó  ―  suppression of Buddhism by the three Wus