僧侶

Japanese

Kanji in this term
僧	侶

Noun

僧侶 (hiragana そうりょ, romaji sōryo)

1. a group of Buddhist monks
2. a Buddhist monk

Synonyms

• 坊さん (bōsan)
• 坊主 (bōzu)
• 出家 (shukke)
• 僧 (sō)
• 桑門 (sōmon)
• 僧徒 (sōto)

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Mandarin

simpl.		僧侣
trad.		僧侶

Etymology

• from the Sanskrit - sangha

Noun

僧侶 (traditional, Pinyin sēnglǚ, simplified 僧侣)

1. bhikkhu, Buddhist monk
2. sangha

Synonyms

• 僧
• 僧人
• 和尚
• 比丘