老僧

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	monk
trad. (老僧)		老	僧
simp. ^#(老僧)		老	僧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎosēng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄙㄥ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ló-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎosēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄙㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoseng
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-sêng¹
  - Yale: lǎu-sēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoseng
  - Palladius: лаосэн (laosɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-seng
  - Tâi-lô: ló-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loysefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

老僧

elderly Buddhist monk

Synonyms

(literary) 老衲 (lǎonà)