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和尚

和尚

See also: 和尙

Chinese

 
mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
 
still; yet; to value; to esteem
simp. and trad.
(和尚)
alt. forms
 
和上
和闍和阇
和社
鶻社鹘社
殟社
烏社乌社

Noun

和尚

  1. (Buddhism) preceptor; high priest; head monk
  2. (by extension) Buddhist monks in general

Synonyms

  • (more faithful transcription in Tang Dynasty) 鄔波馱耶邬波驮耶
  • (Buddhist monk): (sēng), 比丘 (bǐqiū), 僧人 (sēngrén)

Derived terms

  • 做一天和尚撞一天鐘做一天和尚撞一天钟
  • 前門不進師姑,後門不進和尚前门不进师姑,后门不进和尚
  • 和尚吃八方
  • 和尚在,缽盂在和尚在,钵盂在
  • 和尚打傘和尚打伞
  • 和尚打傘,無法無天和尚打伞,无法无天 (héshàng dǎ sǎn, wúfǎwútiān)
  • 和尚拖木頭和尚拖木头
  • 和尚無兒孝子多和尚无儿孝子多
  • 和尚跟著月亮走
  • 和尚頭和尚头
  • 堂頭和尚堂头和尚
  • 大和尚
  • 姑子死和尚
  • 對著和尚罵賊禿对著和尚骂贼秃
  • 小和尚念經小和尚念经
  • 山和尚
  • 布袋和尚
  • 油花和尚
  • 法海和尚
  • 漏春和尚
  • 當一天和尚撞一天鐘当一天和尚撞一天钟
  • 當家和尚当家和尚
  • 瘸和尚說法瘸和尚说法
  • 老和尚撞鐘老和尚撞钟
  • 老和尚看嫁妝老和尚看嫁妆
  • 花和尚
  • 見了和尚罵賊禿见了和尚骂贼秃
  • 走了和尚走不了廟走了和尚走不了庙
  • 跑了和尚跑不了廟跑了和尚跑不了庙
  • 跳牆和尚跳墙和尚
  • 躲得和尚躲不得寺
  • 遠來的和尚好看經远来的和尚好看经
  • 遠來的和尚會念經远来的和尚会念经
  • 非洲和尚

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (和尚):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 3 Grade: S

Noun

和尚 (hiragana おしょう, romaji oshō, alternative reading わじょう, romaji wajō, alternative reading かしょう, romaji kashō)

  1. Buddhist priest
    1. a Buddhist priest who is the head of a temple or in a higher rank.
    2. title and style for high ranked Buddhist priests.
    3. a Buddhist priest master who gives instructions to other priests.

Synonyms

  • (a Buddhist priest who is the head of the temple or in a higher rank): 住職 (じゅうしょく) (jūshoku)
  • (a title for Buddhist priests): 和上 (わじょう) (wajō), 和闍 (わじょう) (wajō)

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

和尚

  1. Hán tự form of hòa thượng, “senior Buddhist monk”