尊者

Chinese

		to honour	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
trad. (尊者)		尊	者
simp. #(尊者)		尊	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zūnzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣ ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ ze²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zūnzhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zunjhě
    • Wade–Giles: tsun¹-chê³
    • Yale: dzwūn-jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuenjee
    • Palladius: цзуньчжэ (czunʹčžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun¹ ze²
    • Yale: jyūn jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ zé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/

Noun

尊者

1. (literary) a person with high status; a senior person

   • 養尊者必易服，養卑者否。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     养尊者必易服，养卑者否。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Yǎng zūnzhě bì yì fú, yǎng bēi zhě fǒu. [Pinyin]

     In ministering to one more honourable than himself, the rule required a person to change the mourning he might be wearing, but not if the other were of lower position.

2. (Buddhism) the Reverend; the Venerable; his Holiness

   摩訶迦葉尊者／摩诃迦叶尊者  ―  Móhējiāshè Zūnzhě  ―  the reverend Mahākāśyapa

   達賴喇嘛尊者／达赖喇嘛尊者  ―  Dálàilǎma Zūnzhě  ―  His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Usage notes

In Buddhism, this term is a translation of Sanskrit आर्य (ārya).

References

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “尊者” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].