"Monastery" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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寺庙 sì miào temple / monastery / shrine
寺院 sì yuàn cloister / temple / monastery / CL:座[zuo4]
山门 shān mén monastery main gate (Buddhism) / monastery
修道院 xiū dào yuàn monastery / convent
梵刹 Fàn chà Buddhist temple / monastery
隐修院 yǐn xiū yuàn monastery (Christian) / abbey
少林 Shào lín the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
丛林 cóng lín jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery
免税 miǎn shuì not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) / tax free / duty free (shop)
开山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery
住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk
禅房 chán fáng a room in a Buddhist monastery / a temple
塔尔寺 Tǎ ěr sì Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai
观 guàn Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform
开山祖师 kāi shān zǔ shī founding master of a monastery / founder / originator
哲蚌寺 Zhé bàng sì Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet
色拉寺 Sè lā sì Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet
甘丹寺 Gān dān sì Ganden monastery, Tibetan: dGa' ldan rNam rgyal gling, Dagzê / county 達孜縣|达孜县[Da2 zi1 xian4], Lhasa, Tibet
召 zhào to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
刹 chà Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅|刹多罗[cha4 duo1 luo2], Sanskrit "ksetra")
少林寺 Shào lín Sì Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
拉卜楞寺 Lā bǔ lèng sì Labrang Monastery, Tibetan: bLa-brang bkra-shis-'khyil, in Xiahe county 夏河縣|夏河县[Xia4 he2 Xian4], Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
桑耶 Sāng yē Samye town and monastery in central Tibet
僧院 sēng yuàn abbey / Buddhist monastery / vihara
大修道院 dà xiū dào yuàn abbey / large monastery or convent
大寺院 dà sì yuàn abbey / large monastery
惠远寺 Huì yuǎn sì Huiyuan Monastery in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
退院 tuì yuàn to leave the hospital / (old) (of a monk) to leave the monastery
灵雀寺 Líng qiǎo sì Nyitso Monastery in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
拉卜楞寺 Lā bǔ léng Sì Labrang Monastery, Tibetan: bLa-brang bkra-shis-'khyil, in Xiahe county 夏河縣|夏河县[Xia4 he2 Xian4], Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
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