佛爷

Traditional form:

佛爺

Pinyin (reading):

Fóye

Definitions:

• Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 ( Shìjiāmóuní))
• His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee)
• Buddha
• God
• emperor
• in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后 ( Cíxǐtàihòu)

Characters:

• 佛 - Buddha; Buddhist
• 爷 - grandfather, old man

Traditional characters:

• 佛 - Buddha; Buddhist
• 爺 - grandfather, old man