佛事

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (佛事)		佛	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fóshì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄕˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fóshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fóshìh
  - Wade–Giles: fo²-shih⁴
  - Yale: fwó-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forshyh
  - Palladius: фоши (foši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Noun

佛事

(Buddhism) Buddhist devotional activities.
- 常於府捨飯僧數百，使晝夜為佛事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  常于府舍饭僧数百，使昼夜为佛事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zizhitongjian
  Cháng yú fǔ shě fàn sēng shù bǎi, shǐ zhòuyè wèi fóshì. [Pinyin]
  He constantly gave alms to several hundred monks at his official residence, so that there were Buddhist ceremonies day and night.
(Buddhism) teachings and actions of a Buddha.

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “佛事” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

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