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"novice Buddhist monk" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
沙弥 沙彌 shā mí novice Buddhist monk syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
沙门 沙門 shā mén monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India) / Buddhist monk 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
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
长老 長老 zhǎng lǎo elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk syn
和尚 hé shang Buddhist 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
禅师 禪師 chán shī honorific title for a Buddhist 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
秃驴 禿驢 tū lǘ (derog.) Buddhist monk
禅杖 禪杖 chán zhàng the staff of a Buddhist monk
剃度 tì dù to take the tonsure / to shave the head / tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk) syn
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
戒刀 jiè dāo Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing)
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
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)
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
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)
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
贼秃 賊禿 zéi tū (derog.) Buddhist monk
辩机 辯機 biàn jī Bianji (c. 620-648), Tang dynasty buddhist monk and disciple of 玄奘[Xuan2 zang4], author and translator of Great Tang Records on the Western Regions 大唐西域記|大唐西域记[Da4 Tang2 Xi1 yu4 Ji4]
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)
看破红尘 看破紅塵 kàn pò - hóng chén (idiom) to see through the illusions of the material world (often a precursor to becoming a Buddhist monk or nun) / to become disillusioned with human society syn
新手 xīn shǒu new hand / novice / raw recruit syn
外教 wài jiào foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)
初出茅庐 初出茅廬 chū chū máo lú venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn syn
新丁 xīn dīng new addition to a family (i.e. a birth) / a boy who has just come of age / (in a job etc) newcomer / novice
生手 shēng shǒu novice / new hand / sb new to a job syn
心手 xīn shǒu new hand / novice
贻笑方家 貽笑方家 yí xiào fāng jiā a novice making a fool of himself / to make oneself ridiculous before experts
小白 xiǎo bái (slang) novice / greenhorn / (old) (slang) fool / idiot / abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸[xiao3 bai2 lian3], pretty boy
佛经 佛經 fó jīng Buddhist texts / Buddhist scripture syn
佛学 佛學 fó xué Buddhist doctrine / Buddhist studies
须弥 須彌 xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
香客 xiāng kè Buddhist pilgrim / Buddhist worshipper
禅机 禪機 chán jī Buddhist allegorical word or gesture / subtleties of Buddhist doctrine syn
佛典 fó diǎn Buddhist scriptures / Buddhist classics
偈 jì Buddhist hymn / gatha / Buddhist verse
菴 ān variant of 庵 / hut / Buddhist convent / small Buddhist temple
竺学 竺學 zhú xué Buddhist doctrine (archaic) / Buddhist studies
须弥山 須彌山 xū mí shān Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
区域佛教带头倡议 Regional Buddhist Leadership Initiative / Buddhist Leadership Initiative
佛媛 fó yuán Buddhist griftress (female Internet influencer who exploits Buddhist imagery for self-promotion or commercial purposes)
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])
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)
僧人 sēng rén monk syn
高僧 gāo sēng a senior monk syn
僧侣 僧侶 sēng lǚ monk syn
俗家 sú jiā layman / layperson / original home of a monk
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)
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
受戒 shòu jiè to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism) / to take orders
僧伽 sēng qié (Buddhism) sangha / the monastic community / monk
行脚 行腳 xíng jiǎo (of a monk) to travel / itinerant
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
斋 齋 zhāi to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk) syn
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
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
锡杖 錫杖 xī zhàng monk's staff (Buddhism)
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)
檀越 tán yuè (Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk)
僧海豹 sēng hǎi bào monk seal
保护地中海僧海豹行动计划 Action Plan for the Management of the Mediterranean monk seal
募缘 募緣 mù yuán (of a monk) to beg for food
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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