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sa di

Pronunciation Northern /saː˧˧ zi˧˧/ Central /ʂaː˧˥ ji˧˥/ Southern /ʂaː˧˧ ji˧˧/
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novice monk
Noun
novice monk
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
novice monk Discourse & LogicTheme

A male who has entered a Buddhist monastery to become a monk but is still a beginner.

vi Cậu bé mới vào chùa tu hành hiện đang là một sa di.

en The boy who just entered the temple is now a novice monk.

Parts
sa / di / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 沙彌 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 沙彌

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
沙彌
Candidates by syllable
sa 沙 di 遺(荑)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Use
sa pa / sa mạc / sa đéc / sa huỳnh …
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