南無 (naa1 mou4/mo4) — I call upon; I take refuge in (e.g.: th… in Cantonese

naaˉ¹南mou4/mo4無

简南无

Mandarin Pinyin: na1 mo2

Meaning of 南無

nounI call upon; I take refuge in (e.g.: the Buddha, the bodhisattva Guanyin

nounused for transliteration of the Buddhist Sanskrit word: namah, also for 南無阿彌陀佛 Namo Amitabha

noun; 南無阿彌陀佛 , 南無觀世音菩薩 , ... )

naamˎ₄南mouˎ₄無aaˉ¹阿miˎ₄彌toˎ₄陀fatˍ₆佛

Namo Amitabha Buddha.

naamˎ₄南mouˎ₄無gunˉ¹觀sai˗₃世jamˉ¹音

Namo Avalokitesvara.

keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日naamˎ₄南mouˎ₄無

He chants 'Namo' all day.

naamˎ₄南mouˎ₄無fatˍ₆佛houˍ₆號

The Buddha's name 'Namo'.

tingˉ¹聽keoiˏ₅佢naamˎ₄南mouˎ₄無

Listen to him chant 'Namo'.

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