高僧

Chinese

		high; tall	monk
simp. and trad. (高僧)		高	僧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāosēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄙㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ zang¹ / gou¹ sang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāosēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄙㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaoseng
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-sêng¹
    • Yale: gāu-sēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauseng
    • Palladius: гаосэн (gaosɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ sɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ zang¹ / gou¹ sang¹
    • Yale: gōu jāng / gōu sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ dzang¹ / gou¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ zeng¹ / gou¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /kou̯⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-seng
    • Tâi-lô: ko-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koisefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 高僧

1. (Buddhism) eminent monk

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	僧
こう Grade: 2	そう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
高僧 (kyūjitai)

Noun

高(こう)僧(そう) • (kōsō) 

1. high priest, virtuous priest