祖師

See also: 祖师

Chinese

ancestor; forefather; grandparents
 
a division (milit.); teacher; master
a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (祖師)
simp. (祖师)

Pronunciation


Noun

祖師

  1. founder (of a school of learning, or sect of Buddhism or Taoism); patriarch

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祖師):
  • Japanese: 祖師(そし) (soshi)
  • Korean: 조사(祖師) (josa)
  • Vietnamese: tổ sư (祖師)

Others:

  • Zhuang: cojsae

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

()() (soshi) そし (sosi)?

  1. (religion) founder
    Synonym: 開祖 (kaiso)
    浄土教(じょうどきょう)祖師(そし)
    Jōdo-kyō no soshi
    founder of Jōdo-kyō

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

祖師 (josa) (hangeul 조사)

  1. Hanja form? of 조사 (founder).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Noun

祖師

  1. chữ Hán form of tổ sư (founder; progenitor).
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