WordTaiwan frequency #18,195
阿彌陀佛
ㄜ ㄇㄧˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄛˊ
“Amitabha Buddha; Buddha of the Western Pure Land in Mahayana Buddhism; also used as a common greeting among Chinese Buddhists”
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阿
ㄚ
Prefix for names and kinship terms to show familiarity; used in transliterations; also a particle expressing doubt or surprise.
彌
ㄇㄧˊ
To fill; to be full; completely; more; extensive; to pervade; long; far.
陀
ㄊㄨㄛˊ
Sloping or uneven; a round object; a spinning top toy.
佛
ㄈㄛˊ
Buddha; Buddhism; merciful person; Buddhist image; used in words meaning 'as if'.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 阿嬤ㄚ ㄇㄚgrandma; grandmother; also used to refer to or address an elderly woman (common in Taiwan).
- 阿公ㄚ ㄍㄨㄥgrandfather; polite address for an elderly man; (in Taiwan) grandfather
- 佛教ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋBuddhism; the religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha); one of the world's major religions, especially widespread in Asia.
- 阿姨ㄚ ㄧˊmaternal aunt; stepmother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)
- 彌補ㄇㄧˊ ㄅㄨˇto make up for a deficiency; to compensate for a shortfall; to fill a gap.
- 哈佛ㄏㄚ ㄈㄛˊHarvard (University); a prestigious Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
- 佛像ㄈㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋstatue or image of Buddha or a Bodhisattva; broadly, any sculpted, cast, painted, or embroidered religious figure in Buddhism
- 佛經ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄥBuddhist scriptures; Buddhist texts; Buddhist canonical works including sutras, vinaya, and shastras.