和
尚

Buddhist monk in Chinese: 和尚 (hé shang)

hé shang

Buddhist monk

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1Buddhist monk

Stroke order

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和
尚

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄜˊ

hé

ㄏ/ hㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

˙ㄕㄤ

shang

˙/ neutral toneㄕ/ shㄤ/ ang

Example sentences

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  • 山上的寺庙里住着几位和尚。

    shān shàng de sì miào lǐ zhù zhe jǐ wèi hé shang。

    Several monks live in the temple on the mountain.

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Related words

和

hé

(joining two nouns) and

尚

shàng

still

暖和

nuǎn huo

warm

和平

hé píng

peace

时尚

shí shàng

fashion

高尚

gāo shàng

noble

温和

wēn hé

mild

和谐

hé xié

harmonious

饱和

bǎo hé

saturated

崇尚

chóng shàng

to hold up (as an model)

风尚

fēng shàng

current custom

附和

fù hè

to agree

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