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佛

Mandarin · pinyin fú#

used in 仿佛 fǎng fú

Mandarin · pinyin Fó#

Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀 Fó tuó)

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佛: fú · Buddha; of Buddhism; merciful person; Buddhist image; the dead (Japanese)

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2 · fu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bat6 · fat1 · fat6

Cantonese word readings for 佛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(Buddhism) Buddha; The Enlightened One
(Buddhism) statue of Buddha
(by extension) Buddhist scriptures
(by extension) Buddhism; Buddhist doctrines

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 弼 (bì, “to assist”)
a surname

character · Etymology 4

(Mainland China, Internet slang) alternative form of 服 (“You win”)

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