方丈 (fong1 zoeng6 | fang1 zhang5) : abbot (Buddhist)

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方丈

fong1 zoeng6

fang1 zhang5

abbot; head monk; abbot's room

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

方丈

This word was added by C Chiu on 23rd May 2010 01:51

Characters in this word:

方 fong1 - direction; angle
丈 zoeng6 - elder, husband, measure

Showing 1 example containing 方丈

方丈已經圓寂五年 ?!
The abbot has passed away for five years
[Sample sentence now uses 方丈 (abbot, head monk) as the subject of the sentence. But the audio still uses 道師 (Taoist priest) which appeared in the older version. As 圓寂 (in the middle of the sentence) is a Buddhist term, I think 方丈 is corre]

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Decimal representation of this word: 方丈

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