sēng

common
religious
noun

Meaning of

僧 means Buddhist monk; male practitioner who has left home to pursue spiritual practice; surname Seng. Pronounced sēng.

  • Buddhist monk; male practitioner who has left home to pursue spiritual practice
  • surname Seng

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Definitions & Examples

Zhè
zuò
miào
zhù
zhe
èr
shí
duō
wèi
sēng
rén
 

More than twenty monks live in this temple.

shēn
sēng
 
shǒu
chí
niàn
zhū
 

He wore monastic robes and held prayer beads.

wèi
gāo
sēng
zài
dāng
hěn
shòu
zūn
jìng
 

That senior monk is highly respected locally.

Sēng
men
měi
tiān
qīng
chén
dōu
yào
sòng
jīng
 

The monks recite scriptures every early morning.

Zhè
zuò
chà
shǐ
jiàn
táng
dài
 
zhì
jīn
yǒu
qiān
nián
shǐ
 

This ancient temple was founded in the Tang Dynasty and has a thousand-year history.