僧侶

See also: 僧侣

Chinese

		monk	companion
trad. (僧侶)		僧	侶
simp. (僧侣)		僧	侣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sēnglǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄥ ㄌㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ leoi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seng-lú / sng-lír / cheng-lí / cheng-lū / cheng-lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sēnglǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄥ ㄌㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: senglyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: sêng¹-lü³
    • Yale: sēng-lyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sengleu
    • Palladius: сэнлюй (sɛnljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤŋ⁵⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zang¹ leoi⁵
    • Yale: jāng léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ lɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-lú
    • Tâi-lô: sing-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengluo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-lír
    • Tâi-lô: sng-lír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zenglie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-lū
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-lū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zenglu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lu³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-lī
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengli
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ li³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 僧侶

1. bhikkhu; Buddhist monk
2. sangha

Synonyms

• 僧 (sēng)
• 僧人 (sēngrén)
• 和尚 (héshàng)
• 比丘 (bǐqiū)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
僧	侶
そう Grade: S	りょ Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
僧侶 (kyūjitai)

Noun

僧(そう)侶(りょ) • (sōryo) 

1. group of Buddhist monks
2. Buddhist monk

Synonyms

• 坊(ぼう)さん (bōsan)
• 坊主(ぼうず) (bōzu)
• 出家(しゅっけ) (shukke)
• 僧(そう) (sō)
• 桑門(そうもん) (sōmon)
• 僧徒(そうと) (sōto)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
僧	侶

Noun

僧侶 • (seungnyeo or McCune-Reischauer: sŭngnyŏ or Yale: sunglye) (hangeul 승려)

1. Hanja form^? of 승려 (“monk”).