做和尚

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	preceptor; high priest; head monk preceptor; high priest; head monk; any Buddhist monk
simp. and trad. (做和尚)		做	和尚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuò héshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ wo⁴ soeng^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chò-hôe-siūⁿ / chòe-hêr-siūⁿ / chòe-hê-siūⁿ / chò-hôe-siōⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuò héshàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuò héshàng
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴ ho²-shang⁴
    • Yale: dzwò hé-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh hershanq
    • Palladius: цзо хэшан (czo xɛšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ wo⁴ soeng^6-2
    • Yale: jouh wòh séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ wo⁴ soeng^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ wo⁴ sêng^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² wɔː²¹ sœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-hôe-siūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsò-huê-siūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoirhoesviu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ hue²³⁻³³ siũ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-hêr-siūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-hêr-siūnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hə²⁴⁻²² siũ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-hê-siūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-hê-siūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'hesviu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ he²⁴⁻²² siũ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ he²⁴⁻¹¹ siũ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-hôe-siōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsò-huê-siōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoirhoesvioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ hue¹³⁻²² siɔ̃²²/

Verb

做⫽和尚 (verb-object)

1. to work as a monk
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to perform a Buddhist ceremony (for the deceased)