高僧

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāosēng

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāosēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄙㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaoseng
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-sêng¹
  - Yale: gāu-sēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauseng
  - Palladius: гаосэн (gaosɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ sɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ zang¹, gou¹ sang¹
  - Yale: gōu jāng, gōu sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ dzang¹, gou¹ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ zeng¹, gou¹ seng¹
  - Sinological 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

(Buddhism) eminent monk

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
高僧 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

On’yomi

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

Noun

高(こう)僧(そう) • (kōsō)

high priest, virtuous priest

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