高僧

高僧

Chinese

		high; tall	monk
simp. and trad. (高僧)		高	僧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāosēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄙㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ zang¹, gou¹ sang¹
• Min Nan (POJ): ko-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gāosēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄙㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauseng
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ sɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ zang¹, gou¹ sang¹
    • Yale: gōu jāng, gōu sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ dzang¹, gou¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ zeng¹, gou¹ seng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /kou̯⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-seng
    • Tâi-lô: ko-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koisefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ ɕiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

高僧

1. (Buddhism) eminent monk

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	僧
こう Grade: 2	そう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こーそー [kòósóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

高僧 (hiragana こうそう, rōmaji kōsō)

1. high priest, virtuous priest