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
Southern Min (Hokkien, 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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-seng
  - Tâi-lô: ko-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koisefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

高僧

(Buddhism) eminent monk

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (高僧):

→ Japanese: 高僧(こうそう) (kōsō)
→ Korean: 고승(高僧) (goseung)
→ Vietnamese: cao tăng (高僧)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “高僧” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

高(こう)僧(そう) • (kōsō)

high priest, virtuous priest