他问方丈，何时谁会给他剃度。

He asked the abbot when and who will tonsure him.

戒尺用于皈依、剃度、传戒、说法等场合。

The ferule is used for conversion, tonsure, ordination and parlance.

16岁那年，我终于实现了梦想。当时我征得父母的同意，剃度成为一名僧人。

And I nourished that desire until the age of 16, when I had the permission of my parents to go and ordain as a monk.