法身

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
simp. and trad. (法身)		法	身
anagram		身法

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit धर्मकाय (dharmakāya, “law body”) or Pali dhammakāya. The Tibetan equivalent is ཆོས་སྐུ (chos sku).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ san¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fǎshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faashen
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ san¹
  - Yale: faat sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fad³ sen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːt̚³ sɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

法身

(Buddhism) dharmakaya

Related terms

三身 (sānshēn)
報身／报身 (bàoshēn)

應身／应身 (yìngshēn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法身):

Japanese: 法 (ほっ)身 (しん) (hosshin); 法 (ほう)身 (しん) (hōshin)
Korean: 법신 (法身, beopsin)
Vietnamese: pháp thân (法身)

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