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僧
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
高僧
gāosēng
a senior monk
僧人
sēngrén
monk
僧伽
sēngqié
(Buddhism) sangha
僧侣
sēnglǚ
monk
僧俗
sēngsú
laymen
僧尼
sēngní
(Buddhist) monks and nuns
僧院
sēngyuàn
abbey
唐僧
Tángsēng
Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
沙僧
ShāSēng
Sha Wujing
圣僧
shèngsēng
senior monk
贫僧
pínsēng
poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
张僧繇
ZhāngSēngyóu
Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties [[六朝四大家]]
僧帽瓣
sēngmàobàn
see [[二尖瓣<èrjiānbàn>]]
僧帽猴
sēngmàohóu
capuchin monkey
粥少僧多
zhōushǎosēngduō
see [[僧多粥少<sēngduōzhōushǎo>]]
僧加罗语
Sēngjiāluóyǔ
Sinhalese (language)
僧多粥少
sēngduōzhōushǎo
lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
佛法僧目
fófǎsēngmù
Coraciiformes, class of birds including kingfishers and hornbills
棕胸佛法僧
zōngxiōngfófǎsēng
(Chinese bird species) Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis)
蓝胸佛法僧
lánxiōngfófǎsēng
(Chinese bird species) European roller (Coracias garrulus)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,012
- Word Frequency Rank
- 10,387 of 84,292