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"monk's staff (Buddhism)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
锡杖 錫杖 xī zhàng monk's staff (Buddhism)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
典座 diǎn zuò (Buddhism) the kitchen manager in a monastery / (Buddhism) (historical) monk responsible for various administrative and logistical duties
沙门 沙門 shā mén monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India) / Buddhist monk syn
贫僧 貧僧 pín sēng poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
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
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])
受戒 shòu jiè to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism) / to take orders
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
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
鉴真和尚 鑒真和尚 jiàn zhēn hé shang Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
檀越 tán yuè (Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk)
本尊 běn zūn (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1]) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
大夜 dà yè the second half of the night / early morning (cf. 小夜[xiao3ye4], evening) / (fig.) eternal rest / death / (Buddhism) the night before the cremation of a monk
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
禅杖 禪杖 chán zhàng the staff of a Buddhist monk
法门 法門 fǎ mén gate to enlightment (Buddhism) / Buddhism / way / method / (old) south gate of a palace syn
法相宗 fǎ xiàng zōng Yogācāra school of Buddhism / Dharma-character school of Buddhism
唯识宗 唯識宗 wéi shí zōng Yogachara school of Buddhism ("consciousness only" school of Buddhism)
大般涅槃经 大般涅槃經 dà bān niè pán jīng (Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, aka the Nirvana Sutra, of which two major Chinese translations are extant, influential in the development of East Asian Buddhism
标尺 標尺 biāo chǐ surveyor's rod / staff / staff gauge / rear sight syn
高参 高參 gāo cān senior staff officer / staff officer of great talent
储备基金 儲備基金 chú bèi jī jīn reserve fund for adjustments resulting from variations in respect of currency fluctuations, inflation in non-staff costs and statutory cost increases for staff / reserve fund
联合国工作人员条例和工作人员细则 Staff Regulations of the United Nations and Staff Rules
长期任职的工作人员 long-service staff / long-serving staff
全秘书处工作人员－管理当局联合机构 Secretariat-wide joint staff-management body / joint staff-management body
工作人员安全支出 gōng zuò rén yuán ān quán zhī chū expenditures for staff security / staff security expenditures
必要工作人员 必要工作人員 essential staff / critical staff
准备基金 准備基金 zhǔn bèi jī jīn reserve fund for adjustments resulting from variations in respect of currency fluctuations, inflation in non-staff costs and statutory cost increases for staff / reserve fund
联合国工作人员工会 聯合國工作人員工會 United Nations Staff Union / Staff Union
职工会 職工會 United Nations Staff Union / Staff Union
日内瓦办事处工作人员协调理事会 日內瓦辦事處工作人員協調理事會 United Nations Office at Geneva Staff Coordinating Council / Staff Coordinating Council
工作人员协调理事会 工作人員協調理事會 United Nations Office at Geneva Staff Coordinating Council / Staff Coordinating Council
办公室主任办公室 - 办公室主任直属办公室 辦公室主任辦公室 - 辦公室主任直屬辦公室 Office of the Chief of Staff – Direct Office of the Chief of Staff
直线参谋制 直線參謀制 staff and line organization / line and staff structure
直线参谋组织结构 直線參謀組織結構 staff and line organization / line and staff structure
工作人员和工作人员发展工作组 工作人員和工作人員發展工作組 Working Group on Staff and Staff Development
联合国外勤人员工会 聯合國外勤人員工會 United Nations Field Staff Union / Field Staff Union
外勤人员工会 外勤人員工會 United Nations Field Staff Union / Field Staff Union
联合国工作人员秘鲁地震灾民救济委员会 聯合國工作人員秘魯地震災民救濟委員會 United Nations Staff Relief Committee for the Victims of the Earthquake in Peru / United Nations Staff Relief Committee for Peru
联合国工作人员秘鲁救济委员会 聯合國工作人員秘魯救濟委員會 United Nations Staff Relief Committee for the Victims of the Earthquake in Peru / United Nations Staff Relief Committee for Peru
骨干人员 骨幹人員 skeletal staff / skeleton staff
长老 長老 zhǎng lǎo elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk syn
和尚 hé shang Buddhist monk syn
出家 chū jiā to enter monastic life / to become a monk or nun syn
施主 shī zhǔ benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson) / donor (semiconductor)
禅师 禪師 chán shī honorific title for a Buddhist monk syn
僧人 sēng rén monk syn
高僧 gāo sēng a senior monk syn
僧侣 僧侶 sēng lǚ monk syn
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
住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk syn
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
苦行僧 kǔ xíng sēng ascetic monk
削发 削髮 xuē fà to shave one's head / fig. to become a monk or nun / to take the tonsure syn
剃度 tì dù to take the tonsure / to shave the head / tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk) syn
行脚 行腳 xíng jiǎo (of a monk) to travel / itinerant
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
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
衹 qí robe of a Buddhist monk or nun
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
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)
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 as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively
唐僧 táng sēng Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
唐招提寺 táng zhāo tí sì Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin 鑒真和尚|鉴真和尚 and his last resting place
圆瑛 圓瑛 yuán yīng Yuan Ying (1878-1953), Buddhist monk
尊者 zūn zhě honored sir (a person of higher status or seniority, or a Buddhist monk)
广游 廣遊 guǎng yóu to travel widely (esp. as Daoist priest or Buddhist monk)
李叔同 lǐ shū tóng Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4] after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] of 1911
瞽阇 瞽闍 gǔ shé blind monk / refers to famous blind historian 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
示寂 shì jì to pass away (of a monk or nun)
祝发 祝髮 zhù fà to cut one's hair (as part of a minority ritual or in order to become a monk)
禁足 jìn zú to forbid sb to go out / to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc) / to ground (as disciplinary measure) / to gate / to curfew / restriction on movement / ban on visiting a place / out of bounds / off limits / caveat
圣僧 聖僧 shèng sēng senior monk
聖僧 shèng sēng great monk
行者 xíng zhě pedestrian / walker / itinerant monk syn
诺矩罗 諾矩羅 nuò jǔ luó Nuojuluo, monk at start of Tang dynasty, possibly originally immigrant, lived in Qingshen county 青神[Qing1 shen2], Sichuan
跑了和尚，跑不了寺 pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sì the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
跑了和尚，跑不了庙 跑了和尚，跑不了廟 pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
跑得了和尚，跑不了庙 跑得了和尚，跑不了廟 pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
阇梨 闍梨 shé lí Buddhist monk (Sanskrit: jala)
陆征祥 陸徵祥 lù zhēng xiáng Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk
隐修士 隱修士 yǐn xiū shì monk (Christian)
鸠摩罗什 鳩摩羅什 jiū mó luó shí Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts
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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