成佛

See also: 成仏

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	Buddha; Buddhism
simp. and trad. (成佛)		成	佛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéngfó

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ fat⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-hu̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéngfó
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngfó
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-fo²
  - Yale: chéng-fwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngfor
  - Palladius: чэнфо (čɛnfo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ fu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ fat⁶
  - Yale: sìhng faht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ fat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ fed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ fɐt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-hu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-hu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: senghut
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hut̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hut̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² hut̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ hut̚⁴/

Verb

成佛

to get enlightenment and become a Buddha; to attain nirvana

Derived terms

即身成佛
放下屠刀便成佛
放下屠刀，立地成佛 (fàngxiàtúdāo, lìdìchéngfó)
立地成佛
見性成佛 / 见性成佛

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (成佛):

→ Japanese: 成(じょう)仏(ぶつ) (jōbutsu)
→ Korean: 성불(成佛) (seongbul)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
成	佛
じょう Grade: 4	ぶつ Jinmeiyō
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 成佛 – see the following entry.

【成仏じょうぶつ】

[noun] gaining enlightenment

[verb] to gain enlightenment and become a Buddha; to attain nirvana

(This term, 成佛, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)