Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

budai

/budˈɑi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: Bu-dai
IPA: /budˈɑi/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A 10th-century monk, revered as Maitreya, a bodhisattva, in the Mahayana Buddhist pantheon; the Laughing Buddha.

name

An urban township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.

noun

A statue or image of Budai.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Institute researcher Chen Tien-shui (陳添水) said that development surrounding Tsengwen and Sihcao, especially the expansion of a local fish farming industry that has replaced seasonal, shallow ponds with permanent deeper pools, has reduced the food supply and forced the spoonbills to move to wetlands in Putai (布袋) and Beimen (北門) townships and Kaohsiung City’s Cieding wetlands (茄萣溼地)."
"The eye of Typhoon Danas made landfall in Chiayi County's Budai Township in southwestern Taiwan at 11:40 p.m. Sunday, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA)."
"She gifted me a Budai on my birthday."

Etymology

Derived from Mandarin 布袋 (Bùdài, “cloth sack”).

Word Breakdown

Root: ^布袋

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Putai (alternative) Budais (plural)

Rhymes With

rai desai masai sakurai sakai adlai kawai arai nagai hirai nakai stai

Questions

How do you pronounce budai?: The recorded pronunciation is /budˈɑi/.
What does budai mean?: A 10th-century monk, revered as Maitreya, a bodhisattva, in the Mahayana Buddhist pantheon; the Laughing Buddha.
Where does budai come from?: Derived from Mandarin 布袋 (Bùdài, “cloth sack”).

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