僧祇

僧祇

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (僧祇)		僧	祇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sēngqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄥ ㄑㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sēngqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄥ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sengchyi
    • IPA ^(key): /sɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /səŋ  ɡiᴇ/▼

Rime
Character	僧	祇
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	登 (129)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	蘇增切	巨支切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/səŋ/	/ɡiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/səŋ/	/ɡiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/səŋ/	/ɡjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səŋ/	/giə̆/
Li Rong	/səŋ/	/ɡie/
Wang Li	/səŋ/	/ɡǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/səŋ/	/gie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sēng	qí

Adjective

僧祇

1. (literary, Buddhism) Short for 阿僧祇 (āsēngqí, “innumerable”).

Noun

僧祇

1. (Buddhism) Alternative name for 僧伽 (sēngqié, “sangha”).

Derived terms

僧祇戶／僧祇户 僧祇支

僧祇穀／僧祇谷 僧祇粟

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian زنگی‎ (zangi, “dark-skinned”).

Noun

僧祇

1. (literary, obsolete) dark-skinned aborigines in Southeast Asia, or black people from the east coast of Africa