Word Detail

和尚

hé shang

Buddhist monk

HSK 7-9 (v3.0)

Examples

三个和尚没水喝。

Sān gè héshang méi shuǐ hē.

Three monks have no water to drink (too many cooks spoil the broth/shirk responsibility).

当和尚。

Dāng héshang.

Become a monk.