僧俗 (sēngsú): Buddhist monks and laypeople

Meanings

1 Buddhist monks and laypeople
2 the clergy and the laity

Characters

僧

Examples

寺庙里僧俗共同参加了法会。

Sìmiào lǐ sēngsú gòngtóng cānjiāle fǎhuì.

Monks and laypeople jointly attended the Dharma assembly at the temple.

僧俗两界都对此事表示关注。

Sēngsú liǎng jiè dōu duì cǐ shì biǎoshì guānzhù.

Both monastic and lay communities expressed concern about the matter.

Tips

culture

僧 = a monk (originally a transliteration of Sanskrit saṅgha); 俗 here means 'secular / worldly' (the same 俗 as in 风俗 'customs'). 僧俗 is a Buddhist-flavored word — for a general 'religious vs secular' split modern Chinese says 教俗 or just 出家人和在家人.