法堂

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	(main) hall; large room
simp. and trad. (法堂)		法	堂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎtáng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ tong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎtáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎtáng
  - Wade–Giles: fa³-tʻang²
  - Yale: fǎ-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faatarng
  - Palladius: фатан (fatan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ tong⁴
  - Yale: faat tòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ tong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fad³ tong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ tʰɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

法堂

(architecture, Buddhism) Dharma Hall, a sermon hall in Mahayana Buddhist temples

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法堂):

→ Japanese: 法堂(はっとう) (hattō)
→ Korean: 법당(法堂) (beopdang)