佛法

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (佛法)		佛	法

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): fófǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu² fa²
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ faat³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fu̍t-fap

(Hailu, HRS): fud^ˋ fab
Eastern Min (BUC): hŭk-huák
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hoh⁷ hah⁶ / huoh⁷ hah⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t-hoat / pu̍t-hoat

(Teochew, Peng'im): hug⁸ huab⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸veq-faq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fófǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fófǎ
  - Wade–Giles: fo²-fa³
  - Yale: fwó-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forfaa
  - Palladius: фофа (fofa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: fu² fa²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fufa
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹ fa²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fat⁶ faat³
  - Yale: faht faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² faːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu̍t-fap
  - Hakka Romanization System: fud fab^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fud⁶ fab⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /fut̚⁵ fap̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fud^ˋ fab
  - Sinological IPA: /fut² fap⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭk-huák
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huʔ⁵⁻²¹ huɑʔ²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hoh⁷ hah⁶ [Phonetic: hoh⁴ hah⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heo̍h-hah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔʔ⁴⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huoh⁷ hah⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoʔ⁴ haʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudhoad
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴⁻² huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² huat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: pu̍t-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pudhoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚⁴⁻³² huat̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hug⁸ huab⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hu̍k huap
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huk̚⁴⁻² huap̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸veq-faq
  - MiniDict: veh^入 fah
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵veq-faq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vəʔ¹¹ faʔ²³/

Noun

佛法

Buddhist doctrine; dharma; Buddha's teachings; Buddha-dharma
佛法無邊。／佛法无边。 ― Fófǎ wúbiān. ― The Buddha-dharma is boundless.
power of Buddha

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛法):

→ Japanese: 仏法(ぶっぽう) (buppō)
→ Korean: 불법(佛法) (bulbeop)
→ Vietnamese: phật pháp (佛法)