和尚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
和 尚

Noun

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

  1. Buddhist priest
    1. a Budhist 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

  • 住職 1.
  • 和上 2.
  • 和闍 2.

Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
和尚

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ xə˧˥ʂaŋ˥˩ ]

Noun

和尚 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin héshàng)

  1. (Advanced Mandarin) a Buddhist monk

Synonyms

References

  • 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:

Vietnamese

和尚 (hòa thượng)

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