和尚(hé shang)

HSK 7-92 characters

Buddhist monk

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 和尚 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 妻子死后他出家当了和尚

    qī zǐ sǐ hòu tā chū jiā dàng le hé shàng

    He went to a temple to be a monk after his wife died.

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