粵

佛fat6爺je4

simp佛爷
fat6 je4Fó ye

English

  1. Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2])
  2. His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee)
  3. Buddha
  4. God
  5. emperor
  6. in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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