Ē mí tuó Fó

Traditional: 阿彌陀佛

阿弥陀佛 (Ē mí tuó Fó) is a Chinese word meaning “Amitabha Buddha; the Buddha of the Western paradise; may the lord Buddha preserve us!”.

Meanings

  1. 1Amitabha Buddha
  2. 2the Buddha of the Western paradise
  3. 3may the lord Buddha preserve us!
  4. 4merciful Buddha!

Characters in 阿弥陀佛

阿ā · prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity弥mí · full陀tuó · (phonetic)佛fú · used in 仿佛[fang3 fu2]

Related words

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