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pouˎ₄
Pinyin
pu2
Translations
noun
Mainly used in transliteration of Buddhist terms, such as bodhi, Bodhisattva, etc
pouˎ₄daatˍ₆
(菩荙)
Pinyin
pu2 da2
Translations
noun
bitter melon (苦瓜: 中山話)
noun
bitter melon
gunˉ¹sai˗₃jamˉ¹pouˎ₄saat˗₃
(观世音菩萨)
Pinyin
guan1 shi4 yin1 pu2 sa4
Translations
noun
觀音菩薩
noun
觀音
noun
the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Kuan Yin, he is generally portrayed as female in oriental Buddhism and called the Goddess of Mercy)
pouˎ₄saat˗₃
(菩萨)
Pinyin
pu2 sa4
Translations
noun
(Buddhism) Bodhisattva
noun
one who is kind-hearted
naiˎ₄pouˎ₄saat˗₃gwo˗₃gongˉ¹
(泥菩萨过江)
Pinyin
ni2 pu2 sa4 guo4 jiang1
Translations
noun
like a clay idol fording a river
noun
in a sorry/pitiable plight; unable to protect even one's own interests; hardly able to save oneself (let alone anyone else)
noun
泥菩薩過河
noun
(idiom) someone is hardly able to save herself/himself in a plight
bouˎ₄taiˎ₄ziˊ²
Pinyin
pu2 ti2 zi5
Translations
noun
a type of tree;
noun
bodhi:
noun
a given name
noun
grapes
jyunˉ¹zyuˉ¹tauˎ₄douˉ¹jauˏ₅mangˎ₄beiˍ₆pouˎ₄saat˗₃
(冤猪头都有盟鼻菩萨)
Pinyin
yuan1 zhu1 tou2 dou1 you3 meng2 bi4 pu2 sa4
Translations
noun
love is blind
baaˉ¹git˗₃jauˏ₅cinˊ²janˎ₄houˊ²gwo˗₃baai˗₃lengˎ₄pouˎ₄saat˗₃
(巴结有钱人好过拜零菩萨)
Pinyin
ba1 jie5 you3 qian2 ren2 hao3 guo4 bai4 ling2 pu2 sa4
Translations
noun
it is worthwhile to rub shoulders with the wealthy
pouˎ₄saat˗₃samˉ¹coengˎ₄
(菩萨心肠)
Pinyin
pu2 sa4 xin1 chang2
Translations
noun
Kind-heartedness
cau˗₃zyuˉ¹tauˎ₄jauˏ₅mangˎ₄beiˍ₆pouˎ₄saat˗₃
(臭猪头有盟鼻菩萨)
Pinyin
chou4 zhu1tou2 you3 meng2 bi2 pu2sa4
Translations
noun
every offer, however nad, will find its taker [colloquial]
gunˉ¹ziˍ₆zoiˍ₆pouˎ₄saat˗₃
(观自在菩萨)
Pinyin
guan1 zi4 zai5 pu2 sa4
Translations
noun
the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara: He is more commonly known as 觀世音菩薩, i.e, Kuan Yin or the Goddess of Mercy.
noun
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva