"僧" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Decomp. 亻丷囗小日
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Mandarin sēng
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人金田日
Sijiao 2826.6
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CNS 11643 1-6772
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 sēng (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])
Results beginning with 僧
 sēng rén monk
 sēng lu:3 monk
 sēng ní (Buddhist) monks and nuns
 sēng qié (Buddhism) sangha / the monastic community / monk
 sēng sú laymen / laity
 sēng tú Buddhist monks
 sēng càn Sengcan
 sēng yuàn abbey / Buddhist monastery / vihara
 sēng hǎi bào monk seal
 sēng mào bàn see 二尖瓣[er4 jian1 ban4]
 sēng mào hóu capuchin monkey / genus Cebidae
 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply
 sēng gā luó yǔ Sinhalese / Sinhala
 Sēng jiā luó yǔ Sinhalese (language)
 sēng mào shuǐ mǔ (zoology) Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis)
 sēng miàn hóu kē Pitheciidae
 sēng miàn hóu shǔ Saki
  bobtail squid / cuttlefish
Approximate Results for 僧
 gāo sēng a senior monk
 pín sēng poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
 Shā Sēng Sha Wujing
 shèng sēng senior monk
 shèng sēng great monk
 Táng sēng Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
 Sǎo dì Sēng Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部|天龙八部[Tian1 long2 Ba1 Bu4]) / (fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known
 Zhāng Sēng yóu Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
 fó fǎ sēng mù Coraciiformes, class of birds including kingfishers and hornbills
 zhōu shǎo sēng duō see 僧多粥少[seng1 duo1 zhou1 shao3]
 lán xiōng fó fǎ sēng (bird species of China) European roller (Coracias garrulus)
 zōng xiōng fó fǎ sēng (bird species of China) Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis)
 hóng bèi sēng miàn hóu shǔ bearded
 bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom) / fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
  Action Plan for the Management of the Mediterranean monk seal
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