佛祖生

Chinese

		founder of a Buddhist sect; Buddha	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (佛祖生)		佛祖	生

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Put-chó͘-siⁿ / Put-chó͘-seⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Put-chó͘-siⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Put-tsóo-sinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putzofsvy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sĩ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Put-chó͘-seⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Put-tsóo-senn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putzofsvef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɛ̃⁴⁴/

Proper noun

佛祖生

1. (Hakka, Hokkien) Buddha's Birthday; Buddha Day

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 佛誕 (“Buddha's Birthday”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		佛誕, 佛誕日, 佛誕節, 浴佛節, 灌佛會
Mandarin	Singapore	佛誕
Cantonese	Hong Kong	佛誕
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	四月八, 佛祖生
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	洗佛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	四月八, 佛祖生
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	四月八, 佛祖生
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	四月八, 佛祖生
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	四月初八
Southern Min	Xiamen	佛祖生
	Quanzhou	佛祖生
	Jinjiang	佛生日
	Zhangzhou	佛祖生, 尪公生