Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali bhikkhu. Cognate with Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu).
Pronunciation
Noun
比丘
- (Buddhism) bhikkhu; Buddhist monk
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
和尚 (“Buddhist monk”)
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| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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和尚, 比丘, 僧, 僧人, 僧侶, 禪師 honorific
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
|
和尚
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| Taiwan
|
和尚
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| Chengde
|
和尚
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| Chifeng
|
和尚
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
和尚
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| Heihe
|
和尚
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| Qiqihar
|
和尚
|
| Harbin
|
和尚
|
| Jiamusi
|
和尚
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| Baicheng
|
和尚
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| Changchun
|
和尚
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| Tonghua
|
和尚
|
| Shenyang
|
和尚
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| Jinzhou
|
和尚
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| Singapore
|
和尚, 師父
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
|
和尚
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| Tangshan
|
和尚
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| Cangzhou
|
和尚
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| Baoding
|
和尚
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| Shijiazhuang
|
和尚
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| Lijin
|
和尚
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| Jinan
|
和尚, 僧人
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
和尚
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| Dandong
|
和尚
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| Yantai
|
和尚
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
和尚
|
| Qingdao
|
和尚
|
| Zhucheng
|
和尚
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
和尚
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| Lingbao
|
和尚
|
| Jining
|
和尚
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| Wanrong
|
和尚
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| Linfen
|
和尚
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| Shangqiu
|
和尚
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| Yuanyang
|
和尚
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| Zhengzhou
|
和尚
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| Xinyang
|
和尚
|
| Baihe
|
和尚
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| Xi'an
|
和尚
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| Baoji
|
和尚
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| Tianshui
|
和尚
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| Xining
|
和尚
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| Xuzhou
|
和尚
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| Fuyang
|
和尚
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| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
和尚
|
| Lanzhou
|
和尚
|
| Dunhuang
|
和尚
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| Hami
|
和尚
|
| Ürümqi
|
和尚
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| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
和尚
|
| Nanchong
|
和尚
|
| Dazhou
|
和尚
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| Hanyuan
|
和尚
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| Xichang
|
和尚
|
| Zigong
|
和尚
|
| Chongqing
|
和尚
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| Wuhan
|
和尚
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| Yichang
|
和尚
|
| Xiangyang
|
和尚
|
| Tianmen
|
和尚
|
| Guiyang
|
和尚, 師父
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| Zunyi
|
和尚
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| Bijie
|
和尚
|
| Liping
|
和尚
|
| Zhaotong
|
和尚
|
| Dali
|
和尚
|
| Kunming
|
和尚
|
| Mengzi
|
和尚
|
| Guilin
|
和尚
|
| Guilin (Lingui)
|
和尚
|
| Liuzhou
|
和尚, 師父
|
| Liuzhou (Luorong)
|
和尚
|
| Nanning (Wuming)
|
和尚
|
| Jishou
|
和尚
|
| Changde
|
和尚
|
| Hanzhong
|
和尚
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
和尚
|
| Yangzhou
|
和尚
|
| Lianyungang
|
和尚
|
| Lianshui
|
和尚
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| Nantong
|
和尚
|
| Anqing
|
和尚
|
| Wuhu
|
和尚
|
| Hefei
|
和尚
|
| Hong'an
|
和尚
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
和尚
|
| Hong Kong
|
和尚
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
和尚
|
| Macau
|
和尚
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
和尚
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
和尚
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
和尚
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
和尚
|
| Foshan
|
和尚
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
和尚
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
和尚
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
和尚
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
和尚
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
和尚
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
和尚
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
和尚
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
和尚
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
和尚
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
和尚
|
| Taishan
|
和尚
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
和尚
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
和尚
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
和尚
|
| Dongguan
|
和尚
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
和尚
|
| Qingyuan
|
和尚
|
| Fogang
|
和尚
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
和尚
|
| Yangshan
|
和尚
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
和尚
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
和尚
|
| Shaoguan
|
和尚
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
和尚
|
| Renhua
|
和尚
|
| Lechang
|
和尚
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
和尚
|
| Sihui
|
和尚
|
| Guangning
|
和尚
|
| Deqing
|
和尚
|
| Huaiji
|
和尚
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
和尚
|
| Yunfu
|
和尚
|
| Xinxing
|
和尚
|
| Luoding
|
和尚
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
和尚
|
| Xinyi
|
和尚
|
| Lianjiang
|
和尚
|
| Nanning
|
和尚
|
| Wuzhou
|
和尚
|
| Yulin
|
和尚
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
和尚
|
| Guiping
|
和尚
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
和尚
|
| Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
和尚
|
| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
和尚
|
| Baise
|
和尚
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| Bobai
|
和尚
|
| Lingshan
|
和尚
|
| Pubei
|
和尚
|
| Qinzhou
|
和尚
|
| Beihai
|
和尚
|
| Ningming
|
和尚
|
| Hengzhou
|
和尚
|
| Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
|
和尚
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
和尚
|
| Pengze
|
和尚
|
| Lichuan
|
和尚
|
| Pingxiang
|
和尚
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
和尚, 齋公
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
和尚
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
和尚
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
和尚
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
和尚
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
和尚
|
| Yudu
|
和尚
|
| Ruijin
|
和尚
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
和尚, 齋公仔
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
和尚, 齋牯, 齋公
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
和尚, 齋公仔
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
和尚, 齋公
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
和尚, 齋公仔
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
和尚
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
和尚
|
| Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
和尚
|
| Mashan (Pianlian)
|
師父
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
和尚
|
| Shexian
|
和尚
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
和尚
|
| Pingyao
|
和尚
|
| Yangyuan
|
和尚
|
| Datong
|
和尚
|
| Xinzhou
|
和尚
|
| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
和尚
|
| Changzhi
|
和尚
|
| Linhe
|
和尚
|
| Jining
|
和尚
|
| Hohhot
|
和尚
|
| Erenhot
|
和尚
|
| Pingshan
|
和尚
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
和尚
|
| Handan
|
和尚
|
| Linzhou
|
和尚
|
| Suide
|
和尚
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
道老
|
| Songxi
|
長老
|
| Zhenghe
|
長老
|
| Jianyang
|
長老
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| Wuyishan
|
長老
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| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
長老
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
和尚
|
| Fuqing
|
和尚, 仙師
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
和尚
|
| Quanzhou
|
和尚
|
| Zhangzhou
|
和尚
|
| Taipei
|
和尚
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
和尚
|
| Kaohsiung
|
和尚
|
| Yilan
|
和尚
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
和尚
|
| Taichung
|
和尚
|
| Tainan
|
和尚
|
| Hsinchu
|
和尚
|
| Kinmen
|
和尚
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
和尚
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
和尚
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
和尚
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
和尚
|
| Datian
|
和尚
|
| Shunchang (Pushang)
|
和尚
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
和尚
|
| Chaozhou
|
和尚
|
| Shantou
|
師父
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
師父
|
| Jieyang
|
和尚
|
| Leizhou
|
和尚
|
| Haikou
|
和尚
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
和尚
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
和尚, 長老
|
| Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
長老
|
| Sanming (Shaxian)
|
和尚
|
| Shaojiang Min
|
Shaowu
|
和尚
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
和尚
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
和尚
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
和尚
|
| Nanning (Shajing)
|
和尚
|
| Binyang (Xinqiao)
|
和尚
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
和尚
|
| Guilin (Chaoyang)
|
和尚
|
| Guilin (Zhuyuan)
|
和尚
|
| Lingchuan (Tanxia)
|
和尚
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
和尚
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
和尚
|
| Shanghai (Jiading)
|
和尚
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
和尚
|
| Suzhou
|
和尚
|
| Danyang
|
和尚
|
| Hangzhou
|
和尚
|
| Ningbo
|
和尚
|
| Wenzhou
|
和尚
|
| Jinhua
|
和尚
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
和尚
|
| Loudi
|
齋公
|
| Quanzhou
|
和尚
|
| Guanyang (Wenshi)
|
和尚
|
Derived terms
Further reading
Japanese
| Kanji in this term
|
| 比
|
丘
|
び
Grade: 5
|
く
Grade: S
|
| on'yomi
|
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali bhikkhu, from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
比丘 • (biku)
- (Buddhism) bhikkhu
Synonyms
References
Korean
Noun
比丘 • (bigu) (hangeul 비구)
- hanja form? of 비구 (“(Buddhism) bhikkhu”)
Vietnamese
Noun
比丘
- chữ Hán form of tỉ khâu (“(Buddhism) bhikkhu”)