Usage of the character 陀
tuó
陀
[陀]
- (phonetic)
- declivity
- steep bank
fèituó
吠陀
[吠陀]
- Vedas (Hindu sacred writings or legends)
Pǔtuó
普陀
[普陀]
- Putuo district of Zhoushan city 舟山市 ( Zhōushānshì), Zhejiang
Huà Tuó
华陀
[華陀]
- Hua Tuo (c. 140-208), ancient Chinese physician from the Eastern Han period
tuóluó
陀螺
[陀螺]
- spinning top
- gyroscope
Mítuó
弥陀
[彌陀]
- Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise
- abbr. for 阿彌陀佛／阿弥陀佛
- Mituo or Mito township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣／高雄县 ( Gāoxióngxiàn), southwest Taiwan
pōtuó
陂陀
[陂陀]
- sloping and uneven
tóutuó
头陀
[頭陀]
- itinerant monk (loanword from Sanskrit)
Fótuó
佛陀
[佛陀]
- Buddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama)
pántuó
盘陀
[盤陀]
- twisted
- spiral
- uneven stones
Mójiētuó
摩揭陀
[摩揭陀]
- Magadha, ancient India kingdom reported to be the birthplace of Buddhism
Yīntuóluó
因陀罗
[因陀羅]
- Indra (a Hindu deity)
Mítuóxiāng
弥陀乡
[彌陀鄉]
- Mituo or Mito township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣／高雄县 ( Gāoxióngxiàn), southwest Taiwan
Pǔtuóshān
普陀山
[普陀山]
- Mt Potala at Zhoushan 舟山市 in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Guanyin 觀音／观音 (Avalokiteśvara)
tuóluóní
陀罗尼
[陀羅尼]
- incantation (Sanskrit: dharani)
- religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil)
Enántuó
阿难陀
[阿難陀]
- Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
màntuóluó
曼陀罗
[曼陀羅]
- (botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra")
- mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala")
Bùluòtuó
布洛陀
[布洛陀]
- creator god of the Zhuang minority 壯族／壮族 ( Zhuàngzú)
tuóluóyí
陀螺仪
[陀螺儀]
- gyroscope
pántuólù
盘陀路
[盤陀路]
- twisting path
- tortuous road
Pǔtuóqū
普陀区
[普陀區]
- Putuo district, central Shanghai
- Putuo district of Zhoushan city 舟山市 ( Zhōushānshì), Zhejiang
Jiāntuóluó
犍陀罗
[犍陀羅]
- Gandhara Kingdom in northwest India, c. 600 BC-11 AD, on Kabul River in Vale of Peshawar
Nánpǔtuósì
南普陀寺
[南普陀寺]
- Nanputuo Temple in Xiamen 廈門／厦门 ( Xiàmén)
Zhíbùluótuó
直布罗陀
[直布羅陀]
- Gibraltar
Ayùfèituó
阿育吠陀
[阿育吠陀]
- Ayurveda (ancient Indian system and health care philosophy)
Lǐwéi Shǐtuó
李维史陀
[李維史陀]
- Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), French social anthropologist
Shēngmìngfèituó
生命吠陀
[生命吠陀]
- see 阿育吠陀 ( Ayùfèituó)
Líjùfèituó
梨俱吠陀
[梨俱吠陀]
- Rigveda, Indian religious poem
Emítuó Fó
阿弥陀佛
[阿彌陀佛]
- Amitabha Buddha
- the Buddha of the Western paradise
- may the lord Buddha preserve us!
- merciful Buddha!
Emítuórúlái
阿弥陀如来
[阿彌陀如來]
- Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light
Bǐlètuólìyà
比勒陀利亚
[比勒陀利亞]
- Pretoria, capital of South Africa
Zhíbùluótuó Hǎixiá
直布罗陀海峡
[直布羅陀海峽]
- Strait of Gibraltar
Tuósītuǒyěfūsījī
陀思妥也夫斯基
[陀思妥也夫斯基]
- Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰／罪与罚 ( Zuìyǔ Fá)
- also written 陀思妥耶夫斯基 ( Tuósītuǒyēfūsījī)
Tuósītuǒyēfūsījī
陀思妥耶夫斯基
[陀思妥耶夫斯基]
- Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰／罪与罚 ( Zuìyǔ Fá)