Chinese symbol for “abbey”
僧院
sēng yuàn
abbey; Buddhist monastery; vihara
The closest CC-CEDICT match for abbey is 僧院 (sēng yuàn), defined as: abbey; Buddhist monastery; vihara.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “abbey”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大修道院 | dà xiū dào yuàn | abbey; large monastery or convent |
| 大寺院 | dà sì yuàn | abbey; large monastery |
| 隐修院 (隱修院) | yǐn xiū yuàn | monastery (Christian); abbey |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 僧院.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 僧人 | sēng rén | monk |
| 僧侣 (僧侶) | sēng lǚ | monk |
| 高僧 | gāo sēng | a senior monk |
| 僧尼 | sēng ní | (Buddhist) monks and nuns |
| 僧伽 | sēng qié | (Buddhism) sangha; the monastic community |
| 僧俗 | sēng sú | Buddhist monks and secular people |
| 医院 (醫院) | yī yuàn | hospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò) |
| 学院 (學院) | xué yuàn | college; educational institute |
See also: Japanese symbol for “abbey”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.