Usage of the character 僧
sēng
僧
[僧]
- (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēngqié))
Shā Sēng
沙僧
[沙僧]
- Sha Wujing
sēngrén
僧人
[僧人]
- monk
sēngyuàn
僧院
[僧院]
- abbey
- Buddhist monastery
- vihara
gāosēng
高僧
[高僧]
- a senior monk
sēngqié
僧伽
[僧伽]
- (Buddhism) sangha
- the monastic community
- monk
pínsēng
贫僧
[貧僧]
- poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
Tángsēng
唐僧
[唐僧]
- Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
shèngsēng
圣僧
[聖僧]
- senior monk
sēnglü
僧侣
[僧侶]
- monk
sēngsú
僧俗
[僧俗]
- laymen
- laity
sēngní
僧尼
[僧尼]
- (Buddhist) monks and nuns
sēngtú
僧徒
[僧徒]
- Buddhist monks
Zhāng Sēngyóu
张僧繇
[張僧繇]
- Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
Sǎodì Sēng
扫地僧
[掃地僧]
- 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 ( Tiānlóng Bā Bù))
- (fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known
sēngmàohóu
僧帽猴
[僧帽猴]
- capuchin monkey
- genus Cebidae
sēngmàobàn
僧帽瓣
[僧帽瓣]
- see 二尖瓣 (èrjiānbàn)
Sēngjiāluóyǔ
僧加罗语
[僧加羅語]
- Sinhalese (language)
sēngmàoshuǐmǔ
僧帽水母
[僧帽水母]
- (zoology) Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis)
sēngduōzhōushǎo
僧多粥少
[僧多粥少]
- lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
- fig. not enough to go around
- demand exceeds supply
zhōushǎosēngduō
粥少僧多
[粥少僧多]
- see 僧多粥少 (sēngduōzhōushǎo)
fófǎsēngmù
佛法僧目
[佛法僧目]
- Coraciiformes, class of birds including kingfishers and hornbills
zōngxiōngfófǎsēng
棕胸佛法僧
[棕胸佛法僧]
- (bird species of China) Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis)
lánxiōngfófǎsēng
蓝胸佛法僧
[藍胸佛法僧]
- (bird species of China) European roller (Coracias garrulus)
bùkànsēngmiànkànfómiàn
不看僧面看佛面
[不看僧面看佛面]
- 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