活菩薩

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person
trad. (活菩薩)		活	菩薩
simp. (活菩萨)		活	菩萨
Literally: “a living bodhisattva”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huópúsà

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ pou⁴ saat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huópúsà → huópúsa (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ → ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄆㄨˊ ˙ㄙㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwopwu.sah
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu³⁵ sa̠⁵¹/ → /xu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu³⁵ sa̠³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wut⁶ pou⁴ saat³
  - Yale: wuht pòuh saat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ pou⁴ saat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ pou⁴ sad³
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² pʰou̯²¹ sɑːt̚³/

Noun

活菩薩

(figuratively, sometimes ironic) a kind-hearted, merciful, and helpful person

Related terms

菩薩／菩萨 (púsà)

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