高僧

Chinese

		high; tall	monk
simp. and trad. (高僧)		高	僧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāosēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄙㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ zang¹, gou¹ sang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāosēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄙㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaoseng
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-sêng¹
    • Yale: gāu-sēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauseng
    • Palladius: гаосэн (gaosɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ sɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ zang¹, gou¹ sang¹
    • Yale: gōu jāng, gōu sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ dzang¹, gou¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ zeng¹, gou¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /kou̯⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-seng
    • Tâi-lô: ko-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koisefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

高僧

1. (Buddhism) eminent monk

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (高僧):

• → Japanese: 高僧(こうそう) (kōsō)
• → Korean: 고승(高僧) (goseung)
• → Vietnamese: cao tăng (高僧)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “高僧” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	僧
こう Grade: 2	そう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
高僧 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーそー [kòósóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

高(こう)僧(そう) • (kōsō) 

1. high priest, virtuous priest