Read Edit View history 居士 jūshì lay practitioner Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 居士 jūshì lay practitioner A follower of Buddhism or Daoism who practices the faith at home without becoming a monk or nun. scholar in retirement A person of virtue and talent who lives in seclusion and does not hold a government office literati pseudonym A self-chosen title used by scholars or writers, such as 苏轼 sūshì (东坡居士 dōngpōjūshì) Frequency Written text 1.60 per million Cross-References Classifier 个 gè位 wèi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
居士 jūshì lay practitioner A follower of Buddhism or Daoism who practices the faith at home without becoming a monk or nun. scholar in retirement A person of virtue and talent who lives in seclusion and does not hold a government office literati pseudonym A self-chosen title used by scholars or writers, such as 苏轼 sūshì (东坡居士 dōngpōjūshì) Frequency Written text 1.60 per million Cross-References Classifier 个 gè位 wèi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)