还俗

還俗

huánsú

verb

Meanings

HSK 7-9

他当了十年和尚，后来还俗了。

Tā dāng le shí nián héshang, hòulái huánsú le.

He was a monk for ten years and later returned to lay life.

HSK 7-9

她还俗以后，回老家开了一家素食餐厅。

Tā huánsú yǐhòu, huí lǎojiā kāi le yì jiā sùshí cāntīng.

After leaving the nunnery, she went back to her hometown and opened a vegetarian restaurant.

mistakes

还 is read huán "to return" here, not hái "still". The opposite is 出家, leaving home for religious life, and a monk or nun is a 出家人.

还 hái

俗 sú