English Explanatory Dictionary

Budai

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A 10th-century monk, revered as Maitreya, a bodhisattva, in the Mahayana Buddhist pantheon; the Laughing Buddha.
  2. An urban township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.
noun
  1. A statue or image of Budai.

Pronunciation

bo͞oʹdīʹ

Word forms

Budai Putai Budais

Etymology

Derived from Mandarin 布袋 (Bùdài, “cloth sack”).

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