Chinese symbol for “monastery”
修道院
xiū dào yuàn
monastery; convent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for monastery is 修道院 (xiū dào yuàn), defined as: monastery; convent.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “monastery”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寺庙 (寺廟) | sì miào | temple; monastery |
| 寺院 | sì yuàn | cloister; temple |
| 山门 (山門) | shān mén | monastery main gate (Buddhism); monastery |
| 隐修院 (隱修院) | yǐn xiū yuàn | monastery (Christian); abbey |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 修道院.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 修改 | xiū gǎi | to amend; to alter |
| 维修 (維修) | wéi xiū | maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain |
| 修正 | xiū zhèng | to revise; to amend; to rectify |
| 修复 (修復) | xiū fù | to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) |
| 修订 (修訂) | xiū dìng | to revise |
| 修建 | xiū jiàn | to build; to construct |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 医院 (醫院) | yī yuàn | hospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “monastery”.
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.