阿弥陀佛
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Traditional: 阿彌陀佛
The name of Amitabha, the Buddha who rules the Pure Land in the west, recited by believers as a prayer. In everyday speech it is also a cry of relief, thanks or dismay, like 'thank heavens' or 'good lord'.
Danh hiệu của Phật A Di Đà, vị Phật ở cõi Tây phương Cực lạc, được Phật tử niệm khi tụng kinh, cầu nguyện. Trong lời nói hằng ngày còn là câu thốt lên khi mừng thoát nạn, tạ ơn hay hoảng sợ.
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Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 阿 = a, 弥/彌 = di, 陀 = đà; etymology of “A Di Đà Phật” = 阿彌陀佛 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “a di đà phật” (a-di-da-phat). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
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Common questions
What does “阿弥陀佛” mean?
The name of Amitabha, the Buddha who rules the Pure Land in the west, recited by believers as a prayer. In everyday speech it is also a cry of relief, thanks or dismay, like 'thank heavens' or 'good lord'. Literally: the Buddha Amitabha, a Sanskrit name written by sound
Is “阿弥陀佛” formal or informal?
阿弥陀佛 is generally neutral.