貧道
pín​dào

I; your humble servant

  • created reference approved 贫道/貧道 → 贫僧/貧僧 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    贫道 / 貧道 pín​dào

    贫僧 / 貧僧 pín​sēng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 贫道/貧道 · pín​dào · I; your humble servant — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    贫道 / 貧道

    pín​dào

    I; your humble servant

    Humble self-referential term (literally 'poor Taoist') used by a Taoist priest; historically also used by Buddhist monks before adopting [[贫僧|貧僧|pin2 seng1]]

    贫 (literal) → 贫/貧 · pín · [self-address] 道 (literal) → 道 · dào · Daoism

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense