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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 唐僧

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
唐僧 táng sēng - Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 16,746 8,256

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
唐 táng- Tang dynasty (618-907)
- surname Tang
唐 táng- to exaggerate
- empty
- in vain
- old variant of 螗[tang2]
僧 sēng- (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])

Other Words Containing 唐僧

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo