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]) 教会 教會 jiào huì Christian church 基督徒 jī dū tú Christian syn 基督教 jī dū jiào Christianity / Christian syn 长老 長老 zhǎng lǎo elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk syn 布道 bù dào to preach (the Christian gospel) syn 和尚 hé shang Buddhist monk syn 圣子 聖子 shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) 僧侣 僧侶 sēng lǚ monk syn 公元 gōng yuán CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini) syn 亚伯 亞伯 yà bó Abe (short form for Abraham) / Abel, a figure of Jewish, Christian and Muslim mythologies 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 路西法 lù xī fǎ Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology) 多普勒 duō pǔ lè Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist who discovered the Doppler effect 开恩 開恩 kāi ēn to give a favor (used of Christian God) 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 教案 jiào àn lesson plan / teaching plan / a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing) 高僧 gāo sēng a senior monk syn 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 佛龛 佛龕 fó kān niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc) 西元 xī yuán (Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini) 万圣节 萬聖節 wàn shèng jié All Saints (Christian festival) 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 该隐 該隱 gāi yǐn Cain (name) / Cain (biblical character), a figure of Judeo-Christian-Muslim mythology 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) 团契 團契 tuán qì Christian association / fellowship 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 青年会 青年會 qīng nián huì YMCA (international Christian youth movement, formed in 1844) 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 行者 xíng zhě pedestrian / walker / itinerant monk syn 圣父 聖父 shèng fù Holy Father / God the Father (in the Christian Trinity) 基督教徒 jī dū jiào tú a Christian 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 圣体 聖體 shèng tǐ the Emperor's body / Jesus' body / communion wafer (in Christian mass) 克里斯汀 剋里斯汀 kè lǐ sī tīng (name) Christine, Kristine, Kristen, Kristin etc / Christiane / Christian 克里斯蒂安 kè lǐ sī dì ān Kristian or Christian (name) 西里尔 西里爾 xī lǐ ěr Cyril (name) / Saint Cyril, 9th century Christian missionary / Cyrillic 圣礼 聖禮 shèng lǐ Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Protestant) / also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics 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 圣奥古斯丁 聖奧古斯丁 shèng ào gǔ sī dīng St Augustine / Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), theologian and Christian philosopher / Sankt Augustin, suburb of Beuel, Bonn, Germany 圣心 聖心 shèng xīn Sacred Heart (Christian) 坚振 堅振 jiān zhèn confirmation (Christian ceremony) 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 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 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 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 锡杖 錫杖 xī zhàng monk's staff (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 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 鸠摩罗什 鳩摩羅什 jiū mó luó shí Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts 苏曼殊 蘇曼殊 sū màn shū Su Manshu (1884-1918), Chinese writer, journalist, Buddhist monk, participant in the revolutionary movement 拜忏 拜懺 bài chàn to hold a daytime Buddhist mass / (of a monk or nun) to read scripture to atone for sb's sins 檀越 tán yuè (Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk) 