僧祇

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (僧祇)		僧	祇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sēngqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄥ ㄑㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sēngqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄥ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sengcí
    • Wade–Giles: sêng¹-chʻi²
    • Yale: sēng-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sengchyi
    • Palladius: сэнци (sɛnci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: song gjie

Rime
Character	僧	祇
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	登 (129)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	蘇增切	巨支切
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/səŋ/	/gie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sēng	qí
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

• 僧祇戶／僧祇户
• 僧祇支
• 僧祇穀／僧祇谷
• 僧祇粟

 

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