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浮屠

浮屠

Chinese

		to float	slaughter; slaughter man
simp. and trad. (浮屠)		浮	屠
alt. forms		浮圖／浮图

Proper noun

浮屠

Buddha

Synonyms

佛陀 (Fótuó)

Noun

浮屠

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit बुद्ध ‎(buddha).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Fútú

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fau⁴ tou⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fù-thù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: Fútú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwutwu
  - IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ tʰu³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    浮圖／浮图
    浮屠
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fau⁴ tou⁴
  - Yale: fàuh tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁴ tou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fù-thù
  - Hakka Romanization System: fuˇ tuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu² tu²
  - IPA: /fu¹¹ tʰu¹¹/