做和尚

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	preceptor; high priest; head monk preceptor; high priest; head monk; any Buddhist monk
simp. and trad. (做和尚)		做	和尚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuò héshàng
(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ wo⁴ soeng^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): chò-hôe-siūⁿ / chòe-hêr-siūⁿ / chòe-hê-siūⁿ / chò-hôe-siōⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuò héshàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuò héshàng
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴ ho²-shang⁴
  - Yale: dzwò hé-shàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh hershanq
  - Palladius: цзо хэшан (czo xɛšan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡swɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ wo⁴ soeng^6-2
  - Yale: jouh wòh séung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ wo⁴ soeng^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ wo⁴ sêng^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² wɔː²¹ sœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-hôe-siūⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsò-huê-siūnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoirhoesviu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ hue²³⁻³³ ɕiũ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-hêr-siūⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsuè-hêr-siūnn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hə²⁴⁻²² ɕiũ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-hê-siūⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsuè-hê-siūnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'hesviu
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ he²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiũ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ he²⁴⁻²² ɕiũ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-hôe-siōⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsò-huê-siōnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoirhoesvioi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ hue¹³⁻²² ɕiɔ̃²²/

Verb

做⫽和尚 (verb-object)

to work as a monk
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to perform a Buddhist ceremony (for the deceased)