老僧

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	monk
trad. (老僧)		老	僧
simp. #(老僧)		老	僧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎosēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄙㄥ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ló-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎosēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄙㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoseng
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-sêng¹
    • Yale: lǎu-sēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoseng
    • Palladius: лаосэн (laosɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-seng
    • Tâi-lô: ló-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loysefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

老僧

1. elderly Buddhist monk

Synonyms

• (literary) 老衲 (lǎonà)