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在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1])
和尚 shang Buddhist monk
少林寺 Shào lín Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
禅杖 chán zhàng the staff of a Buddhist monk
僧人 sēng rén monk
高僧 gāo sēng a senior monk
玄奘 Xuán zàng Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645
苏曼殊 Màn shū Su Manshu (1884-1918), Chinese writer, journalist, Buddhist monk, participant in the revolutionary movement
沙悟净 Shā jìng Sha Wujing, aka Friar Sand or Sandy, one of the three disciples of the Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang in "Journey to the West" 西遊記|西游记[Xi1you2ji4]
法宝 bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand
贫僧 pín sēng poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
zhāi to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk)
sēng (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])
僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply
住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk
罗汉果 luó hàn guǒ monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine
僧侣 sēng monk
长老 zhǎng lǎo elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk
施主 shī zhǔ benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson) / donor (semiconductor)
募化 huà (of a Buddhist monk or Taoist priest) to collect alms
small earthenware plate or basin / a monk's alms bowl / Sanskrit paatra
李叔同 Shū tóng Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4] after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] of 1911
本尊 běn zūn (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1]) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
罗刹 luó chà demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food
沙弥 shā novice Buddhist monk


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