借花獻佛

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	to offer	Buddha; Buddhism
trad. (借花獻佛)		借	花	獻	佛
simp. (借花献佛)		借	花	献	佛
Literally: “to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jièhuāxiànfó

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄚㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ faa¹ hin³ fat⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chioh-hoe-hiàn-pu̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jièhuāxiànfó
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄚㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehhuashiannfor
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jièhuasiànfó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛ⁵¹ xwä⁵⁵ ɕjɛn⁵¹ fwɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze³ faa¹ hin³ fat⁶
  - Yale: je fā hin faht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ faa¹ hin³ fat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zé³ fa¹ hin³ fed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ fäː⁵⁵ hiːn³³ fɐt̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh-hoe-hiàn-pu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tsioh-hue-hiàn-pu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioihhoe'hiernput
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴⁻²² hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ put̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ put̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ put̚⁴/

Idiom

借花獻佛

to offer something that one has received (as a gift, favour, etc.) to someone else

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 借花獻佛 (“to offer something that one has received to someone else”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		借花獻佛
Mandarin	Taiwan	借花獻佛
Cantonese	Hong Kong	借花敬佛
Min Nan	Xiamen	借花獻佛

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