護法

See also: 护法

Chinese

		protect	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (護法)		護	法
simp. (护法)		护	法

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit धर्मपाल (dharmapāla).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hùfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁶ faat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hùfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴-fa³
    • Yale: hù-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huhfaa
    • Palladius: хуфа (xufa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁶ faat³
    • Yale: wuh faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁶ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁶ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²² faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxhoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/

Verb

護法

1. to uphold the constitution/law
2. to protect and maintain the Buddhist doctrine

Noun

護法

1. (Buddhism) dharmapala

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ごほー [gòhóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ho̞ː]

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
護	法
ご Grade: 5	ほう Grade: 4
goon

Noun

護(ご)法(ほう) • (gohō) ^{←ごほふ (gofofu)?}

1. (Buddhism) defense of Buddhist doctrines
2. (Buddhism) religious power to dispel demons and diseases

Derived terms

• 護(ご)法(ほう)神(じん) (gohōjin)
• 護(ご)法(ほう)善(ぜん)神(じん) (gohō zenjin)
• 護(ご)法(ほう)天(てん)童(どう) (gohō tendō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
護	法
ご Grade: 5	ほう Grade: 4
goon	kan'on

Noun

護(ご)法(ほう) • (gohō) ^{←ごはふ (gofafu)?}

1. defense of the constitution/law

Korean

Hanja in this term
護	法

Noun

護法 • (hobeop) (hangeul 호법)

1. hanja form^? of 호법 (“the defense of the constitution, the defense of a religion, doctrines”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
護	法

Noun

護法

1. chữ Hán form of hộ pháp (“dharmapala”).