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Hotei

Hotei proper noun: the Chinese god Budai, the fat and happy god of abundance and good health, and one of the seven gods of luck.

Proper noun

Hotei

  1. (Japanese) The Chinese god Budai, the fat and happy god of abundance and good health, and one of the seven gods of luck.

Origin of Hotei

From Japanese 布袋 (Hotei), from Middle Chinese 布袋 (MC puH dojH, “cloth sack”) (compare Mandarin 布袋 (Bùdài), Vietnamese Bố Đại), by metonymy "Man with the cloth sack", the "Laughing Buddha" figure associated with the Maitreya Buddha.

Questions about Hotei

What does Hotei mean?
Hotei means the Chinese god Budai, the fat and happy god of abundance and good health, and one of the seven gods of luck.
What part of speech is Hotei?
Hotei is a proper noun.

Words near Hotei in the dictionary

  1. hotdogging
  2. hotdoggy
  3. hotdoglike
  4. hotdogs
  5. hote
  6. Hotei
  7. hotel
  8. hotel load
  9. hotel loads
  10. hotel pan
  11. hotel pans

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