sēng qié

僧伽 (sēng qié) is a Chinese word meaning “(Buddhism) sangha; the monastic community; monk”.

Meanings

  1. 1(Buddhism) sangha
  2. 2the monastic community
  3. 3monk

Characters in 僧伽

僧sēng · (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])伽gā · used in the transliteration of Greek letters

Related words

伽used in the transliteration of Greek letters伽traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"伽used to transliterate Sanskrit "gha"僧侣monk僧(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])僧人monk伽利略Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist伽马射线gamma rays苦行僧ascetic monk伽马(loanword) gamma (Greek letter Γ, γ)高僧a senior monk伽玛variant of 伽馬|伽马[ga1 ma3]

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