1. noun Buddhist temple; monastery; mosque
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: See 寺院 (CC-CEDICT '寺'; Guoyu '寺' n 2; Kroll 2015 '寺' 2, p. 429; Unihan '寺')
  2. noun a government office
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '寺'; Guoyu '寺' n 1; Kroll 2015 '寺' 1, p. 429; Unihan '寺')
  3. noun a eunuch
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: ( Guoyu '寺' n 3; Kroll 2015 '寺' 3, p. 429)
  4. noun Buddhist temple; vihāra
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: vihāra, or: saṅghārāma, Tibetan: gtsug lag khang, Japanese: ji, or: tera (BCSD '寺', p. 391; DJBT '寺', p. 434; FGDB '寺院'; Mahāvyutpatti 'vihāraḥ'; MW 'vihāra' 1, p. 429; SH '寺', p. 212)

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