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]) 封锁 封鎖 fēng suǒ to blockade / to seal off / to lock down syn 封闭 封閉 fēng bì to close / to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input) syn 记号 記號 jì hao mark / symbol / notation / seal syn 密封 mì fēng to seal up syn 打印 dǎ yìn to affix a seal / to stamp / to print out (with a printer) syn 长老 長老 zhǎng lǎo elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk syn 海豹 hǎi bào (zoology) seal 和尚 hé shang Buddhist monk syn 印章 yìn zhāng seal / signet / chop / stamp / CL:方[fang1] syn 僧侣 僧侶 sēng lǚ monk syn 封存 fēng cún to sequester / to seal up (for safe keeping) / to freeze (an account) / to mothball syn 查封 chá fēng to sequester / to seize (assets) / to seal up / to close down syn 僧人 sēng rén monk syn 盖章 蓋章 gài zhāng to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) / to sign off on sth 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 封条 封條 fēng tiáo seal syn 图章 圖章 tú zhāng stamp / seal / CL:方[fang1] syn 闭关 閉關 bì guān to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) syn 住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk syn 封装 封裝 fēng zhuāng to encapsulate / to enclose / to wrap / to seal inside 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 封皮 fēng pí outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal syn 苦行僧 kǔ xíng sēng ascetic monk 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 海狗 hǎi gǒu fur seal syn 印鉴 印鑒 yìn jiàn seal impression / stamp / mark from a seal serving as signature syn 受戒 shòu jiè to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism) / to take orders 印泥 yìn ní red ink paste used for seal syn 封印 fēng yìn seal (on envelopes) 削发 削髮 xuē fà to shave one's head / fig. to become a monk or nun / to take the tonsure syn 闭关锁国 閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact syn 官印 guān yìn official seal 戳记 戳記 chuō jì stamp / seal syn 加盖 加蓋 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story syn 公章 gōng zhāng official seal 篆刻 zhuàn kè to carve a seal / a seal 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 封盖 封蓋 fēng gài cap / seal / cover / to cover / blocked shot (basketball) 刻印 kè yìn to engrave a seal / stamp mark / to print with carved type / to leave a deep impression 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) 加封 jiā fēng to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman 秃驴 禿驢 tū lǘ (derog.) Buddhist monk 篆书 篆書 zhuàn shū seal script (Chinese calligraphic style) syn 玉竹 yù zhú angular Solomon's seal / Polygonatum odoratum 化缘 化緣 huà yuán (of a monk) to beg syn 黄精 黃精 huáng jīng King Solomon's seal (plant of genus Polygonatum) 禅杖 禪杖 chán zhàng the staff of a Buddhist monk 大印 dà yìn stamp / official seal 白文 bái wén the text of an annotated book / an unannotated edition of a book / intagliated characters (on a seal) syn 印信 yìn xìn official seal / legally binding seal syn 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 金印 jīn yìn golden seal / characters tattooed on a convict's face 小篆 xiǎo zhuàn the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty syn 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 盖印 蓋印 gài yìn to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) 封 fēng to confer / to grant / to bestow a title / to seal / classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters syn 印 yìn to print / to mark / to engrave / a seal / a print / a stamp / a mark / a trace / image syn 章 zhāng chapter / section / clause / movement (of symphony) / seal / badge / regulation / order syn 戳 chuō to jab / to poke / to stab / (coll.) to sprain / to blunt / to fuck (vulgar) / to stand / to stand (sth) upright / stamp / seal syn 行者 xíng zhě pedestrian / walker / itinerant monk syn 符 fú mark / sign / talisman / to seal / to correspond to / tally / symbol / written charm / to coincide syn 国玺 國璽 guó xǐ seal of state 玺 璽 xǐ ruler's seal 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 缄 緘 jiān letters / to close / to seal syn 绶 綬 shòu cord on a seal 隶 隸 lì (bound form) a person in servitude / low-ranking subordinate / (bound form) to be subordinate to / (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters) syn 关防 關防 guān fáng security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times) syn 戒刀 jiè dāo Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing) 封网 封網 fēng wǎng to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / (computing) to seal off a network syn 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 大篆 dà zhuàn the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts 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 篆 zhuàn seal (of office) / seal script (a calligraphic style) / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 / writing in seal script syn 钤 鈐 qián latch of door / seal 籀 zhòu (literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period / to recite / to read (aloud) syn 绂 紱 fú ribbon for a seal / sash syn 护封 護封 hù fēng dust jacket (of a book) / protective cover / document seal 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 腰金衣紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom) / in official position 秦篆 qín zhuàn seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 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 