Budai

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Budai

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

proper noun Putai

  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

noun Budais · Putai

  1. A statue or image of Budai. She gifted me a Budai on my birthday.

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한국어포대 podae
日本語布袋
中文布袋 bùdài, 笑佛 Xiàofó, 胖佛, 快樂佛 /快乐佛
Tiếng ViệtBố Đại

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"Budai." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/budai. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Budai. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/budai

Chicago

"Budai." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/budai.

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@misc{budai_2026,
  title = {Budai},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/budai},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}