和尚

See also: 和尙

Chinese

		mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm	still; yet; to value still; yet; to value; to esteem
trad. (和尚/和尙)		和	尚/尙
simp. (和尚)		和	尚
alternative forms		和上 和闍／和阇 和社 鶻社／鹘社 殟社 和上 和闍／和阇 和社 鶻社／鹘社 殟社 烏社／乌社

Etymology

“Senior monk who holds the precepts-granting ceremony; preceptor” > “high priest; head monk” > “Buddhist monks in general”. First attested in the 3rd–4th centuries CE, as 和上.

Borrowed from Prakrit uvajjhāa, uajjhāa, ujjhāa, ojjhāa, ojhāa, ujjhā, ujjha (“teacher; religious teacher”), all ultimately derived from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya, “teacher; preceptor; spiritual adviser”) (Chu, 2002). The use of 上 (MC d͡ʑɨɐŋ^H) or 尚 (MC d͡ʑɨɐŋ^H) to render Prakrit jjhāa /d̚d͡ʑʱɑː.ɐ/ was probably influenced by:

1. The loss of the nasal –ŋ coda in the ancient northwestern dialect of Middle Chinese, and
2. The use of phono-semantic matching in transcription, with 尚 taken to mean “noble; virtuous; to revere” (idem).

Compare Pali upajjhāya, upajjhā, upajjha (“spiritual teacher or preceptor”), Hindi ओझा (ojhā, “exorcist”), Sindhi واڍو‎ / वाढो (vāḍho, “carpenter”), Assamese ওজা (üza, “one well-versed in any art; teacher; sorcerer”), Bengali ওঝা (ojha, “snake-charmer; exorcist”), Oriya ଓଝା (ojha, “teacher; one who cures snake-bites; wizard; exorcist; title of blacksmiths and carpenters”), Malayalam വാധ്യായന്‍ (vādhyāyan‍, “teacher; family priest”), Tamil வாத்தியார் (vāttiyār, “teacher; family priest; one who trains actors and dancers”).

Alternative theories, such as those put forth by Tang Dynasty monks Xuanying and Huiyuan, hypothesise that this was borrowed from Khotanese or language of the Shule Kingdom, but these appear less likely.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): héshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄤˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): хәшон (həšon, I-II) / хуәшон (huəšon, I-II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): wo⁴ soeng^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vo³ siang^5*

• Gan (Wiktionary): uo⁴ song
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vò-song

  (Meixian, Guangdong): vo² song⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): hue¹ son³
• Min Dong (BUC): hù-siông / huò-siông
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hê-siūⁿ / hêr-siūⁿ / hôe-siōⁿ / hôe-siūⁿ / hêr-siǔⁿ / hôe-siāuⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê⁵ siên⁷ / huê⁵ sion⁷ / hua⁵ siang⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): hhu zaan (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): ho² shan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: héshàng → héshang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄤˋ → ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her.shanq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héshång
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/ → /xɤ³⁵ ʂɑŋ³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: хәшон (həšon, I-II) / хуәшон (huəšon, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xə²⁴ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/, /xuə²⁴ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ soeng^6-2
    • Yale: wòh séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ soeng^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ sêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ sœ̽ːŋ²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vo³ siang^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔ²² siaŋ³²⁻³²⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: uo⁴ song
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uo³⁵ sɔŋ²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vò-song
    • Hakka Romanization System: voˇ song
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vo² song⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vo¹¹ soŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vo² song⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋo¹¹ sɔŋ⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hue¹ son³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuɤ¹¹ sɒ̃⁴⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hù-siông / huò-siông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)luɔŋ²⁴²/, /huo⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)luɔŋ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Hsinchu, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-siūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hê-siūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hesviu
    • IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiũ³³/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /he²⁴⁻²² ɕiũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²⁴⁻²² ɕiũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêr-siūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hêr-siūnn
    • IPA (Kinmen): /hə²⁴⁻¹² ɕiũ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə²⁴⁻²² ɕiũ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-siōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: huê-siōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoesvioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² ɕiɔ̃²²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-siūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: huê-siūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoesviu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ ɕiũ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêr-siǔⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hêr-siǔnn
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-siāuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: huê-siāunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoesviau
    • IPA (Penang): /hue²³⁻²¹ ɕiãʊ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê⁵ siên⁷ / huê⁵ sion⁷ / hua⁵ siang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huê siēⁿ / huê siōⁿ / huâ siăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sĩẽ¹¹/, /hue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sĩõ¹¹/, /hua⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siaŋ³⁵/

Note:

• huê5 siên7/huê5 sion7 - vernacular;
• hua5 siang6 - literary.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: hhu zaan (T3)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦv̩ʷ²² z̻ɑ̃⁴⁴/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: ho² shan⁴
  • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /xo¹³ ʂan⁴⁵/
  • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /xo¹³ san⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦuɑ  d͡ʑɨɐŋ^H/

Rime
Character	和	尚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	戸戈切	時亮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑ/	/d͡ʑɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuɑ/	/d͡ʑiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑ/	/d͡ʑiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwa/	/d͡ʑɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑ/	/ʑiaŋH/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑ/	/ʑĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ/	/ʑi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó	shàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wo4	soeng6

Noun

和尚

1. (Buddhism) preceptor; high priest; head monk
2. (by extension) any Buddhist monk
3. (Gan) knee

Synonyms

• (more faithful transcription in Tang Dynasty) 鄔波馱耶／邬波驮耶
• (Buddhist monk): 僧 (sēng), 比丘 (bǐqiū), 僧人 (sēngrén); (Hakka) 和尚仔
• (knee):

Dialectal synonyms of 膝蓋 (“knee”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		膝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		膝蓋
Mandarin	Beijing	波棱蓋兒, 胳棱瓣兒, 磕膝蓋兒
	Taiwan	膝蓋
	Tianjin	波棱蓋兒, 磕膝蓋兒, 脖拉蓋兒, 脖力蓋兒
	Langfang	波了蓋兒
	Tangshan	波棱蓋兒
	Cangzhou	波拉蓋兒
	Baoding	圪拉瓣兒
	Shijiazhuang	膝蓋兒, 磕膝蓋兒
	Daming	胳拉伴兒
	Ulanhot	波浪蓋兒
	Tongliao	波浪蓋兒
	Chifeng	簸籮蓋
	Bayanhot	波羅蓋
	Hailar	波浪蓋兒
	Harbin	簸棱蓋兒, 簸勒蓋兒
	Shenyang	波拉蓋兒
	Muping	波棱蓋
	Qingdao	波羅蓋兒
	Jinan	波勒蓋, 波拉蓋, 胳拉瓣兒
	Luoyang	不老蓋兒, 圪老拜兒
	Wanrong	圪膝蓋, 膝子蓋
	Zhengzhou	不牢蓋兒, 膝蓋
	Xi'an	磕膝蓋
	Yinchuan	波里蓋, 膝蓋
	Lanzhou	波膝蓋子, 玻璃蓋子
	Xining	波膝蓋
	Ürümqi	波膝蓋兒
	Wuhan	磕膝頭, 磕膝, 拱子
	Huanggang	色頭兒
	Chengdu	磕膝頭兒, 膝蓋
	Guiyang	磕膝頭
	Kunming	磕膝頭
	Guilin	膝蓋
	Liuzhou	波羅蓋, 腳膝蓋
	Xuzhou	胳老拜子, 膝蓋
	Yangzhou	磕膝頭子, 波羅蓋子 dated
	Nanjing	磕膝頭, 磕膝頭兒, 胳蓋兒
	Hefei	胳腦頭子, 胳腦頭, 磕膝頭
	Nantong	膝頭盤兒
	Changle (Qinjiang)	波羅蓋
	Singapore	膝蓋
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	磕膝蓋, 普膝蓋子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	磕膝蓋, 磕膝蓋子, 洼膝羅子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	膝頭哥, 膝頭
	Hong Kong	膝頭哥, 膝頭
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	膝頭哥
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	膝頭蓋
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	膝頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	膝頭
	Macau	膝頭
	Panyu	膝頭哥
	Huadu (Huashan)	膝頭哥
	Conghua	膝頭牯
	Zengcheng	膝頭
	Foshan	膝頭哥
	Nanhai (Shatou)	膝頭哥
	Shunde	膝頭哥
	Sanshui	膝頭哥
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	膝頭哥
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	膝頭哥
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	膝頭哥
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	膝頭
	Doumen	膝頭哥
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	膝頭哥
	Xinhui	膝頭哥
	Taishan	膝頭哥, 膝頭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	膝頭哥
	Enping (Niujiang)	膝頭哥
	Heshan (Yayao)	膝頭蓋
	Dongguan	膝頭, 波羅蓋, 膝蓋
	Bao'an (Shajing)	波羅蓋
	Dapeng	膝頭
	Qingyuan	膝頭哥
	Fogang	膝頭哥
	Yingde (Hanguang)	膝頭牯
	Yangshan	膝頭牯
	Lianshan (Butian)	膝頭牯
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	膝頭蓋
	Shaoguan	膝頭哥
	Qujiang	膝頭哥
	Renhua	膝頭哥
	Lechang	膝頭哥
	Gaoyao	膝頭哥
	Sihui	膝頭哥
	Guangning	膝頭哥
	Deqing	膝頭牯, 膝頭哥
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	膝頭牯
	Yunfu	膝頭牯
	Xinxing	膝頭哥
	Luoding	膝頭哥
	Yunan (Pingtai)	膝頭牯
	Yangjiang	膝頭
	Xinyi	膝頭牯
	Lianjiang	膝頭
	Nanning	膝頭哥, 膝頭
	Wuzhou	膝頭
	Yulin	膝頭
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	膝蓋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	膝頭哥
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	膝頭哥
Gan	Nanchang	膝頭, 膝頭蓋子, 磕膝, 磕膝頭子, 和尚
	Lichuan	膝頭公
	Pingxiang	膝頭牯
Hakka	Meixian	膝頭, 膝頭項
	Xingning	膝頭
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	膝頭
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	膝頭
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	膝頭
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	膝頭
	Huidong (Daling)	膝頭
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	膝頭蓋
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	膝頭
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	膝頭, 膝頭牯
	Boluo (Bendihua)	膝頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	膝頭
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	膝頭牯
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	膝頭, 波羅蓋
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	波羅蓋
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	膝頭
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	膝頭
	Wuhua (Changbu)	膝頭
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	膝頭
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	膝頭
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	膝頭
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	膝頭
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	膝頭
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	腳頭
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	膝頭
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	膝頭骨
	Qujiang	膝頭牯
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	膝頭牯
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	膝頭牯
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	腳頭牯
	Conghua (Lütian)	膝頭
	Jiexi	膝頭
	Changting	膝頭
	Wuping	膝頭
	Wuping (Pingyu)	膝頭
	Liancheng	膝頭卵
	Ninghua	膝頭拐, 膝頭腦
	Yudu	膝頭
	Ruijin	膝頭蓋子
	Shicheng	膝頭
	Shangyou	膝頭腦
	Taoyuan	膝頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	膝頭, 腳膝頭
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	膝頭, 腳膝頭
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	膝頭, 腳膝頭
	Dongshi (Dabu)	膝頭, 腳膝頭
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	膝頭, 腳膝頭
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	膝頭, 腳膝頭
	Hong Kong	膝頭
	Luchuan	膝頭
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	膝頭, 膝蓋
	Sabah (Longchuan)	膝頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	膝頭
	Batu Kawa (Sungai Tapang)	膝頭
	Singkawang	膝頭
Huizhou	Jixi	腳膝頭
	Shexian	腳膝頭
	Tunxi	腳膝頭
	Xiuning	腳膝頭
	Yixian	腳膝頭
	Qimen	腳膝頭
	Wuyuan	腳膝頭
Jin	Taiyuan	圪膝蓋, 圪地跪
	Pingyao	胳膝跪子
	Xinzhou	圪替跪, 圪膝蓋, 圪膝
	Taibus (Baochang)	圪膝蓋
	Linhe	波羅蓋, 波羅蓋子
	Jining	圪膝蓋
	Hohhot	圪膝蓋, 圪膝蓋兒, 圪膝
	Baotou	圪膝蓋
	Dongsheng	圪膝蓋
	Zhangjiakou	胳膝蓋兒
	Handan	胳老伴兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	跤腹頭
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	跤腹頭
	Songxi	跤腹頭
	Zhenghe	跤腹頭
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	跤神頭, 跤腹頭
	Jianyang	跤腹頭
	Wuyishan	跤脊頭
	Pucheng (Shibei)	跤腹頭
Min Dong	Fuzhou	跤腹頭
	Fuqing	跤肚頭, 跤腹頭
	Gutian	跤腹頭
	Ningde	跤骨頭
	Zhouning	跤肚頭
	Fuding	跤腹頭
	Matsu	跤骨頭
Min Nan	Xiamen	跤頭趺
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	跤頭趺
	Quanzhou	跤頭趺
	Jinjiang	跤頭趺
	Yongchun	跤頭趺, 跤頭腕
	Dehua	跤頭趺
	Zhangzhou	跤頭趺, 跤尪仔
	Changtai	跤腕仔, 燈火仔
	Dongshan	跤頭趺
	Taipei	跤頭趺
	Kaohsiung	跤頭趺, 跤頭腕
	Tainan	跤頭趺, 跤頭腕
	Taichung	跤頭趺
	Wuqi	跤頭趺
	Hsinchu	跤頭趺
	Taitung	跤甕
	Lukang	跤腕, 跤頭趺, 跤趺
	Sanxia	跤頭腕
	Yilan	跤頭趺, 跤頭翁仔
	Kinmen	跤頭趺
	Magong	跤頭趺, 跤頭腕
	Penang (Hokkien)	跤頭趺
	Singapore (Hokkien)	跤頭趺
	Manila (Hokkien)	跤頭趺
	Longyan	跤頭趺
	Zhangping	跤趺腕
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	跤趺
	Datian	跤趺頭
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	膝頭
	Chaozhou	跤頭趺
	Shantou	跤頭, 跤頭趺
	Chenghai	跤頭
	Chaoyang	跤頭
	Jieyang	跤頭趺
	Haifeng	跤頭趺
	Bangkok (Teochew)	跤頭趺
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	跤頭趺
	Leizhou	跤頭趺, 跤趺
	Wenchang	跤趺
	Haikou	跤趺臍, 跤趺
	Qionghai	跤趺
Puxian Min	Putian	跤肚頭
	Xianyou	跤肚頭
Min Zhong	Yong'an	跤頭節, 跤筒節, 跤際頭節, 跤仔頭
	Sanyuan	跤脊頭
	Shaxian	跤子頭
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	跤瀝頭
	Sanxiang	跤頭趺, 跤即頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	膝頭, 膝頭蓋, 膝頭尖
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	屈頭眼
Shehua	Fu'an	腳腹頭
	Fuding	腳腹頭
	Luoyuan	腳腹頭
	Sanming	腳腹頭
	Hua'an	腳腹頭
	Cangnan	腳腹頭
	Fengshun	腳腹頭
Wu	Shanghai	腳饅頭, 膝饅頭, 膝蓋
	Chongming	膝饅頭
	Suzhou	腳饅頭, 膝饅頭
	Wuxi	膝饅頭
	Hangzhou	腳髁頭, 膝髁頭, 腳膝髁頭
	Danyang	膝盤頭, 膝頭盤, 膝蓋, 膝蓋頭
	Ningbo	腳髁頭
	Wenzhou	腳胐頭
	Jinhua	腳膝䯊
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	膝蓋, 腳膝髁頭
Xiang	Changsha	膝頭骨, 磕膝骨
	Shuangfeng	膝頭骨
	Xiangtan	膝頭牯, 膝蓋
	Loudi	膝頭牯
	Quanzhou	磕膝頭

Derived terms

Derived terms from 和尚

• 做一天和尚撞一天鐘／做一天和尚撞一天钟 (zuò yītiān héshang zhuàng yītiān zhōng)
• 前門不進師姑，後門不進和尚／前门不进师姑，后门不进和尚
• 和尚吃八方
• 和尚在，缽盂在／和尚在，钵盂在
• 和尚打傘／和尚打伞
• 和尚打傘，無法無天／和尚打伞，无法无天
• 和尚拖木頭／和尚拖木头
• 和尚無兒孝子多／和尚无儿孝子多
• 和尚跟著月亮走
• 和尚頭／和尚头 (héshangtóu)
• 堂頭和尚／堂头和尚
• 大和尚
• 姑子死和尚
• 對著和尚罵賊禿／对著和尚骂贼秃
• 小和尚念經／小和尚念经
• 山和尚 (shānhéshàng)
• 布袋和尚
• 指住禿奴罵和尚／指住秃奴骂和尚

• 油花和尚
• 法海和尚
• 漏春和尚
• 當一天和尚撞一天鐘／当一天和尚撞一天钟
• 當家和尚／当家和尚
• 瘸和尚說法／瘸和尚说法
• 老和尚撞鐘／老和尚撞钟
• 老和尚看嫁妝／老和尚看嫁妆
• 花和尚 (huāhéshàng)
• 見了和尚罵賊禿／见了和尚骂贼秃
• 走了和尚走不了廟／走了和尚走不了庙
• 跑了和尚跑不了廟／跑了和尚跑不了庙
• 跳牆和尚／跳墙和尚
• 躲得和尚躲不得寺
• 遠來的和尚好看經／远来的和尚好看经
• 遠來的和尚會念經／远来的和尚会念经
• 非洲和尚

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (和尚):

• → Japanese: 和(お)尚(しょう) (oshō); 和(か)尚(しょう) (kashō); 和(わ)尚(じょう) (wajō)
• → Korean: 화상 (和尙, hwasang)
• → Vietnamese: hoà thượng (和尚)

Others:

• → Zhuang: hozsiengh

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
和	尚
お Grade: 3	しょう Grade: S
tōon

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Tōon
• (Tokyo) お​しょー [óꜜshòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ɕo̞ː]

Noun

和(お)尚(しょう) • (oshō) ^{←をしやう (wosyau)?}

1. (Zen or Pure Land Buddhism) Buddhist priest
   1. a Buddhist priest who is the head of a temple or in a higher rank.
   2. title and style for high ranked Buddhist priests.
   3. a Buddhist priest master who gives instructions to other priests.

Synonyms

• (a Buddhist priest who is the head of the temple or in a higher rank): 住職(じゅうしょく) (jūshoku)
• (a title for Buddhist priests): 和(わ)上(じょう) (wajō), 和(わ)闍(じょう) (wajō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
和	尚
か Grade: 3	しょう Grade: S
kan’on

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) か​しょー [káꜜshòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕo̞ː]

Noun

和(か)尚(しょう) • (kashō) ^{←くわしやう (kwasyau)?}

1. (Tendai or Kegon Buddhism) preceptor; high priest

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
和	尚
わ Grade: 3	しょう > じょう Grade: S
goon

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) わ​じょー [wáꜜjòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ʑo̞ː]

Noun

和(わ)尚(じょう) • (wajō) ^{←わじやう (wazyau)?}

1. (Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism) preceptor; high priest

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
和	尚

Noun

和尚

1. Hán tự form of hoà thượng (“senior Buddhist monk”).