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"a senior monk" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
高僧 gāo sēng a senior monk syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer) syn
在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1])
长老 長老 zhǎng lǎo elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk syn
和尚 hé shang Buddhist monk syn
僧侣 僧侶 sēng lǚ monk syn
僧人 sēng rén monk syn
法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn
沙门 沙門 shā mén monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India) / Buddhist monk syn
住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk syn
出家 chū jiā to enter monastic life / to become a monk or nun syn
禅师 禪師 chán shī honorific title for a Buddhist monk syn
苦行僧 kǔ xíng sēng ascetic monk
大校 dà xiào senior ranking officer in Chinese army / senior colonel syn
送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member
施主 shī zhǔ benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson) / donor (semiconductor)
剃度 tì dù to take the tonsure / to shave the head / tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk) syn
受戒 shòu jiè to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism) / to take orders
削发 削髮 xuē fà to shave one's head / fig. to become a monk or nun / to take the tonsure syn
高管 gāo guǎn senior executive / senior manager (abbr. for 高級管理人員|高级管理人员[gao1ji2 guan3li3 ren2yuan2])
比丘 bǐ qiū Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu")
出家人 chū jiā rén monk / nun (Buddhist or Daoist) syn
济公 濟公 jì gōng Jigong or Daoji (1130-1207), Southern Song Dynasty Buddhist monk
贫僧 貧僧 pín sēng poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
袈裟 jiā shā kasaya (robe of a Buddhist monk or nun) (loanword from Sanskrit) syn
玄奘 xuán zàng Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645
俗家 sú jiā layman / layperson / original home of a monk
沙弥 沙彌 shā mí novice Buddhist monk syn
头陀 頭陀 tóu tuó itinerant monk (loanword from Sanskrit) syn
唐三藏 táng sān zàng Tripitaka, the central character of the 16th century novel "Journey to the West" 西遊記|西游记[Xi1you2Ji4], based on the monk Xuanzang 玄奘[Xuan2zang4] (602-664)
秃驴 禿驢 tū lǘ (derog.) Buddhist monk
化缘 化緣 huà yuán (of a monk) to beg syn
禅杖 禪杖 chán zhàng the staff of a Buddhist monk
棒喝 bàng hè practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism) / to rebuke sternly
僧伽 sēng qié (Buddhism) sangha / the monastic community / monk
行脚 行腳 xíng jiǎo (of a monk) to travel / itinerant
鉴真 鑒真 jiàn zhēn Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
尊 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel syn
行者 xíng zhě pedestrian / walker / itinerant monk syn
僧 sēng (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2]) syn
斋 齋 zhāi to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk) syn
戒刀 jiè dāo Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing)
做一天和尚撞一天钟 做一天和尚撞一天鐘 zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively syn
募化 mù huà (of a Buddhist monk or Taoist priest) to collect alms syn
衹 qí robe of a Buddhist monk or nun
士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn
主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn
高中生 gāo zhōng shēng senior high school student
年长 年長 nián zhǎng senior syn
元老 yuán lǎo senior figure / elder / doyen syn
前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn
技师 技師 jì shī senior technician / technical expert
资深 資深 zī shēn veteran (journalist etc) / senior / highly experienced syn
首长 首長 shǒu zhǎng senior official syn
高考 gāo kǎo college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
学长 學長 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate syn
长者 長者 zhǎng zhě senior / older person syn
拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior syn
师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn
不买账 不買賬 bù mǎi zhàng not to acknowledge sb as senior or superior / not to believe sth / don't buy it (slang)
大尉 dà wèi captain (army rank) / senior captain
上位 shàng wèi seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic syn
敬老院 jìng lǎo yuàn senior citizens' home / old folks' home syn
进言 進言 jìn yán to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position) / to offer a word of advice syn
丞相 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister syn
贵妃 貴妃 guì fēi senior concubine / imperial consort syn
高职 高職 gāo zhí vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school
高级中学 高級中學 gāo jí zhōng xué senior high school / abbr. to 高中[gao1 zhong1] syn
师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher
学姐 學姐 xué jiě senior or older female schoolmate
金领 金領 jīn lǐng gold collar / high-level senior executive / highly-skilled worker
高中 gāo zhōng senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2] syn
大夫 dà fū senior official (in imperial China) syn
中招 zhōng zhāo senior high school enrollment
高级管理人员 高級管理人員 gāo jí guǎn lǐ rén yuán senior management service
张学良 張學良 zhāng xué liáng Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
袁世凯 袁世凱 yuán shì kǎi Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
高中学生 高中學生 gāo zhōng xué shēng student of a senior high school
祭酒 jì jiǔ to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China
元老院 yuán lǎo yuàn upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
何应钦 何應欽 hé yìng qīn He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general
太子党 太子黨 tài zǐ dǎng princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC)
伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn
家老 jiā lǎo (old) a senior in one's household
买帐 買帳 mǎi zhàng to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it syn
姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old)
看破红尘 看破紅塵 kān pò hóng chén to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk) / disillusioned with human society / to reject the world for a monastic life syn
杯酒释兵权 杯酒釋兵權 bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
对着和尚骂贼秃 對著和尚罵賊禿 duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū lit. in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
扫地僧 掃地僧 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
圣僧 聖僧 shèng sēng senior monk
东盟环境高官 東盟環境高官 dōng méng huán jìng gāo guān ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment / Senior Officials on the Environment
大流行病高级应急政策小组 大流行病高級應急政策小組 Pandemic Senior Emergency Policy Team / Senior Emergency Policy Team
北约高级文职代表 北約高級文職代表 NATO Senior Civilian Representative / Senior Civilian Representative
东盟林业高官 東盟林業高官 ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry / Senior Officials on Forestry
大秘 dà mì (coll.) top aide / senior personal secretary (to a senior official)
法海 fǎ hǎi Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传[Bai2 she2 Zhuan4]
金钵 金缽 jīn bō (gold) alms bowl (of a Buddhist monk)
罗汉果 羅漢果 luó hàn guǒ monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine
三藏法师 三藏法師 sān zàng fǎ shī monk who has mastered the scriptures / (esp.) Xuanzang 玄奘[Xuan2 zang4] (602-664)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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