凡夫

凡夫

1. (literary) ordinary person; mortal person

   • 自古道：「遣泰山輕如芥子，攜凡夫難脫紅塵。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     自古道：「遣泰山轻如芥子，携凡夫难脱红尘。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE

     Zìgǔ dào: “Qiǎn tàishān qīng rú jièzǐ, xié fánfū nán tuō hóngchén.” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Buddhism) unenlightened person

• (ordinary person):

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “凡夫” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Probably from Middle Chinese 凡夫 (MC bjom pju, literally “ordinary, common; worldly, mortal + man, person, fellow”).

• (Tokyo) ぼんぷ [bóꜜǹpù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bõ̞mpɯ̟]

凡(ぼん)夫(ぷ) • (bonpu) 

1. ordinary person; mortal person
2. (Buddhism) unenlightened person

May be found in some dialects or historical contexts with the reading bonbu.

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

凡夫 • (beombu) (hangeul 범부)

1. hanja form^? of 범부 (“ordinary person, mortal person; (Buddhism) an unenlightened person”)

凡夫

1. chữ Hán form of phàm phu (“ordinary person, mortal person; (Buddhism) an unenlightened person”).