住持 (zhù chí) — abbot (of a Buddhist monastery or Daoist temple)

Definition

住持 (zhùchí) is the formal, set-phrase title for the head of a Buddhist monastery or Daoist temple. The two characters are not separable and the word is used as a title before a name.

noun

abbot (of a Buddhist monastery or Daoist temple)

Measure word · 位

Examples

住持。
Zhè wèi zhù chí zài sì miào lǐ zhù le èr shí nián.
This abbot has lived in the temple for twenty years.
住持。
Xīn lái de zhù chí gěi xìn zhòng jiǎng le jīng.
The new abbot preached sutras to the followers.
，住持。
Tā chū jiā sān shí nián, zuì hòu dāng le zhù chí.
He became a monk for thirty years and finally became abbot.

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