Budai
name, noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A statue or image of Budai.
"She gifted me a Budai on my birthday."
- 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.
"Members of several wildlife conservation groups went on a field trip to a salt marsh in Putai (布袋), Chiayi City, yesterday to witness Asian horseshoe crabs, known as one of the few "living fossil" species in Taiwan, which have been sighted recently on the coast near Chiayi City.[…] Five adult and 32 young Asian horseshoe crabs, tachypleus tridentatus, whose appearance on Earth can be dated back to 200 million years ago, have been sighted on the coast of Putai, making it the third place in the country to witness the appearance of the crabs after sightings were reported on the outlying island of Kinmen and in the Penghu (澎湖) archipelago, Chiayi County officials said on Friday."
Example
More examples"Budai statues depict a fat and happy incarnation of Buddha."
Etymology
Derived from Mandarin 布袋 (Bùdài, “cloth sack”).
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