僧祇

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Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(僧祇)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (30)
Final () (129) (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter song gjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/səŋ/ /ɡiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/səŋ/ /ɡiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/səŋ/ /ɡjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/səŋ/ /giə̆/
Li
Rong
/səŋ/ /ɡie/
Wang
Li
/səŋ/ /ɡǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/səŋ/ /gie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
sēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sang1 kei4

Etymology 1

Adjective

僧祇

  1. (literary, Buddhism) Short for 阿僧祇 (āsēngqí, “innumerable”).

Etymology 2

Noun

僧祇

  1. (Buddhism) Alternative name for 僧伽 (sēngqié, “sangha”).
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian زنگی (zangi, dark-skinned).

Noun

僧祇

  1. (literary, obsolete) dark-skinned aborigines in Southeast Asia, or black people from the east coast of Africa