# 菩萨 (púsà)

In Mandarin Chinese, 菩萨 (púsà) means “bodhisattva; kindhearted person”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: bodhisattva; kindhearted person
- Pinyin: púsà (pu2 sa4)
- Traditional: 菩薩
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 寺庙里有一座高大的菩萨像。
  Sìmiào lǐ yǒu yī zuò gāodà de púsà xiàng.
  There is a tall statue of a bodhisattva in the temple.

## Characters

- 菩 (pú): used in 菩萨
- 萨 (sà): used in 菩萨

https://hanziro.com/word/pu-sa-bodhisattva/

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