菩提子

Chinese

		bodhi; bodhi tree	seed; bead
trad. (菩提子)		菩提	子
simp. #(菩提子)		菩提	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pútízǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pou⁴ tai⁴ zi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): pu³ hai³ du²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘-thê-chí / phô͘-thê-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pútízǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pútízǐh
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu²-tʻi²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: pú-tí-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwutyitzyy
    • Palladius: путицзы (puticzy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ tʰi³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁴ tai⁴ zi²
    • Yale: pòuh tàih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ tai⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ tei⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹ tʰɐi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: pu³ hai³ du²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²² hai²² tu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘-thê-chí
    • Tâi-lô: phôo-thê-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pho'tecie
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²³⁻³³ tʰe²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘-thê-chú
    • Tâi-lô: phôo-thê-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pho'tezuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²³⁻³³ tʰe²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

菩提子

1. (Buddhism) Bodhi-seeds, or beads, the hard seeds of a kind of Himalayan grass, also of a tree at Tiantai, used for rosaries.
2. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 葡提子 (“grape”)

Derived terms

• 葡提子