Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
姑姑
- father's sister; paternal aunt
- (dialectal Mandarin) Buddhist nun
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 姑姑 (“paternal aunt (father's sister)”) [map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
姑母
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
姑媽 §, 姑姑, 姑兒, 娘兒
|
| Taiwan
|
姑姑
|
| Harbin
|
姑, 姑姑
|
| Shenyang
|
姑姑
|
| Singapore
|
姑姑
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
姑姑, 姑
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
姑
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
姑
|
| Wanrong
|
姑
|
| Wanrong (Ronghe)
|
姑
|
| Xi'an
|
姑媽 †, 姑 ‡
|
| Xining
|
娘娘
|
| Xuzhou
|
姑娘, 姑姑, 姑兒
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
姑媽
|
| Lanzhou
|
娘娘
|
| Ürümqi
|
姑媽 †, 姑姑 ‡
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
姑媽 §, 娘娘
|
| Wuhan
|
姑媽 §, 娘娘, 葉葉, 小爹 dated
|
| Guiyang
|
姑媽 §, 娘娘 ‡≠
|
| Kunming
|
姑媽 §, 娘 ≠
|
| Liuzhou
|
姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
姑媽 †, 娘娘 ‡
|
| Yangzhou
|
娘娘, 大姑子 † eldest
|
| Nantong
|
姑媽 †
|
| Hefei
|
姑佬, 佬佬, 佬
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Hong Kong
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Macau
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
姑母 †, 娘仔 ‡
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
阿娘 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Foshan
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
姑姐
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
阿姑
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
阿姑
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
阿姑
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
阿姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
阿姑
|
| Taishan
|
阿姑, 大姑 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
阿姑
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
阿姑
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Dongguan
|
阿姑, 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Shaoguan
|
姑媽, 姑姐
|
| Yunfu
|
阿姑
|
| Yangjiang
|
大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Xinyi
|
阿姑
|
| Lianjiang
|
𡜵奶 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
姑媽, 姑姐 ≠
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
姑娘, 姑姑, 姑, 大娘, 大姑娘
|
| Lichuan
|
姑, 大姑 †
|
| Pingxiang
|
姑娘
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
阿姑
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
阿姑
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
大姑 †, 細姑 ‡
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
阿姑
|
| Yudu
|
姑姑, 姑姊
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
阿姑
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
阿姑
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
阿姑
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
阿姑
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
阿姑
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
阿姑
|
| Hong Kong
|
大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
阿姑
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
姑, 姑姑
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
姑姑, 姑媽
|
| Xinzhou
|
姑姑 ∅, 姑姑啊 ¶
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
姑姑
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
大細姑, 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 依姑 ‡
|
| Fuqing
|
姑姐 †, 大姐 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Matsu
|
依姑
|
| Singapore (Fuqing)
|
姑姑
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
阿姑
|
| Quanzhou
|
阿姑
|
| Zhangzhou
|
阿姑
|
| Kaohsiung
|
阿姑
|
| Yilan
|
阿姑
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
阿姑
|
| Taichung
|
阿姑
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
阿姑
|
| Tainan
|
阿姑
|
| Taitung
|
阿姑
|
| Hsinchu
|
阿姑
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
阿姑
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
阿姑
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
阿姑
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
阿姑, 姑姑 honorific
|
| Chaozhou
|
阿姑
|
| Shantou
|
阿姑
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
阿姑
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
阿姑
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
阿姑
|
| Leizhou
|
姑母, 尼姑 ‡, ∅, 姑 ‡, ¶, 父姑 ‡
|
| Wenchang
|
姆 †, 姑㜥 ‡, 㜥 ‡
|
| Haikou
|
姑母 ∅, 阿姑 ¶
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
姑母 †, 姑 ‡
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
姑母 †, 姑 ‡
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
娘娘, 姑母, 姑媽 ‡
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
姑娘
|
| Suzhou
|
嬤嬤 †, 娘娘 ‡
|
| Danyang
|
親嫚
|
| Hangzhou
|
乾娘
|
| Ningbo
|
姑嬤 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Wenzhou
|
阿娘
|
| Jinhua
|
娘娘, 姑 ∅
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
姑媽 §, 姑子 ≠, 大姑子 †, 細姑子 ‡
|
| Loudi
|
大唧 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
|
| Shuangfeng
|
大基 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
|
| Hengyang
|
姑伯娘 †, 姑唧 ‡, 嫚嫚 ‡
|
| Note
|
† - father's elder sister; ‡ - father's younger sister; § - married; ≠ - unmarried; ¶ - face-to-face; ∅ - non-face-to-face
|
Dialectal synonyms of
尼姑 (“Buddhist nun”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
尼姑, 比丘尼
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
尼姑兒, 姑子
|
| Taiwan
|
尼姑
|
| Chengde
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Chifeng
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
姑子
|
| Heihe
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Qiqihar
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Harbin
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Jiamusi
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Baicheng
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Changchun
|
姑子
|
| Tonghua
|
姑子
|
| Shenyang
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Jinzhou
|
尼姑兒, 姑子
|
| Singapore
|
尼姑, 師父
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
姑子
|
| Tangshan
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Cangzhou
|
姑子
|
| Baoding
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
姑子
|
| Lijin
|
姑子
|
| Jinan
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
姑子
|
| Dandong
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Yantai
|
姑子
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
姑子
|
| Qingdao
|
姑姑子
|
| Zhucheng
|
姑子
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
尼姑, 姑姑兒
|
| Lingbao
|
尼姑, 姑姑
|
| Jining
|
姑子, 姑姑
|
| Wanrong
|
姑姑子
|
| Linfen
|
姑姑子
|
| Shangqiu
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Yuanyang
|
尼姑
|
| Zhengzhou
|
尼姑, 姑姑
|
| Xinyang
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Baihe
|
尼姑
|
| Xi'an
|
尼姑, 姑姑子
|
| Baoji
|
尼姑, 姑姑
|
| Tianshui
|
姑姑子
|
| Xining
|
尼姑, 女姑姑
|
| Xuzhou
|
姑子, 尼姑, 二僧
|
| Fuyang
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
尼姑, 姑姑
|
| Lanzhou
|
尼姑, 姑姑, 姑姑子
|
| Dunhuang
|
尼姑
|
| Hami
|
尼姑
|
| Ürümqi
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
尼姑
|
| Nanchong
|
尼姑
|
| Dazhou
|
尼姑
|
| Hanyuan
|
尼姑
|
| Xichang
|
尼姑
|
| Zigong
|
尼姑
|
| Chongqing
|
尼姑
|
| Wuhan
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Yichang
|
尼姑
|
| Xiangyang
|
尼姑, 姑姑子
|
| Tianmen
|
尼姑
|
| Guiyang
|
尼姑, 師公
|
| Zunyi
|
尼姑
|
| Bijie
|
尼姑
|
| Liping
|
尼姑
|
| Zhaotong
|
尼姑
|
| Dali
|
尼姑
|
| Kunming
|
尼姑
|
| Mengzi
|
尼姑
|
| Guilin
|
尼姑
|
| Guilin (Lingui)
|
尼姑
|
| Liuzhou
|
尼姑, 師姑, 師父
|
| Liuzhou (Luorong)
|
尼姑
|
| Nanning (Wuming)
|
尼姑
|
| Jishou
|
女和尚
|
| Changde
|
尼姑
|
| Hanzhong
|
尼姑, 姑姑子
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
師姑, 尼姑
|
| Yangzhou
|
師姑, 尼姑, 二僧
|
| Lianyungang
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Lianshui
|
尼姑
|
| Nantong
|
尼姑
|
| Anqing
|
尼姑
|
| Wuhu
|
尼姑
|
| Hefei
|
尼姑
|
| Hong'an
|
尼姑
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
師姑, 阿傅
|
| Hong Kong
|
師姑, 尼姑, 阿傅
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
尼姑
|
| Macau
|
師姑
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
師姑
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
師姑
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
師姑
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
師姑
|
| Foshan
|
師姑
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
師姑
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
師姑
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
師姑
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
尼姑
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
師姑
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
師姑
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
仙姑仔
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
師姑, 尼姑
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
師姑
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
尼姑
|
| Taishan
|
尼姑, 師姑, 齋姑
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
尼姑
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
尼姑
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
師姑
|
| Dongguan
|
師姑
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
師姑
|
| Qingyuan
|
師姑
|
| Fogang
|
師姑
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
尼姑
|
| Yangshan
|
尼姑
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
尼姑
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
尼姑
|
| Shaoguan
|
師姑
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
師姑
|
| Renhua
|
師姑
|
| Lechang
|
尼姑, 師姑
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
尼姑
|
| Sihui
|
師姑
|
| Guangning
|
師姑
|
| Deqing
|
尼姑
|
| Huaiji
|
仙姑
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
尼姑
|
| Yunfu
|
師姑
|
| Xinxing
|
尼姑
|
| Luoding
|
尼姑
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
尼姑
|
| Xinyi
|
尼姑
|
| Lianjiang
|
尼姑
|
| Nanning
|
尼姑
|
| Wuzhou
|
尼姑, 師姑
|
| Yulin
|
尼姑
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
尼姑
|
| Guiping
|
尼姑
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
尼姑
|
| Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
尼姑
|
| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
尼姑
|
| Baise
|
尼姑
|
| Bobai
|
尼姑
|
| Lingshan
|
尼姑
|
| Pubei
|
尼姑
|
| Qinzhou
|
尼姑
|
| Beihai
|
尼姑
|
| Ningming
|
尼姑
|
| Hengzhou
|
尼姑
|
| Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
|
尼姑
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
尼姑
|
| Pengze
|
尼姑
|
| Lichuan
|
尼姑, 女和尚
|
| Pingxiang
|
尼姑, 齋婆
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
尼姑, 齋嫲
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
尼姑, 師姑, 師父
|
| Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
| Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
| Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
|
尼姑婆
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
尼姑嫲
|
| Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
| Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
師姑
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
尼姑嫲
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
師姑
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
尼姑, 齋婆
|
| Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
| Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
| Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
| Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
|
姐婆
|
| Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
|
猜嫲
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
尼姑
|
| Yudu
|
尼姑
|
| Ruijin
|
尼姑
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
尼姑, 齋婆, 齋姑
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
尼姑, 齋姑
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
尼姑, 齋婆, 齋姑
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
尼姑, 齋姑
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
尼姑, 齋婆, 齋姑
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
尼姑
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
尼姑
|
| Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
尼姑
|
| Mashan (Pianlian)
|
尼姑
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
尼姑
|
| Shexian
|
尼姑
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
姑子
|
| Pingyao
|
姑子
|
| Yangyuan
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Datong
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Xinzhou
|
姑子
|
| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
| Changzhi
|
姑子
|
| Linhe
|
姑子
|
| Jining
|
尼姑
|
| Hohhot
|
姑子
|
| Erenhot
|
姑子
|
| Pingshan
|
姑子
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
姑子
|
| Handan
|
尼姑, 姑子
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| Linzhou
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姑哦
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| Suide
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姑子
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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尼姑, 尼姑囝 derogatory, 菜婆
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| Fuqing
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尼姑, 師姑
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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尼姑
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| Quanzhou
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尼姑
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| Hui'an
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西姑
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| Zhangzhou
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尼姑
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| Zhao'an
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尼姑
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| Taipei
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尼姑
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| New Taipei (Tamsui)
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尼姑
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
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尼姑
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| New Taipei (Pingxi)
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尼姑
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| Kaohsiung
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尼姑, 菜姑
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| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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尼姑
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| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
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尼姑, 菜姑仔
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| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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尼姑, 菜姑
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| Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
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尼姑
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| Yilan
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尼姑, 菜姑
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| Yilan (Toucheng)
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尼姑, 菜姑
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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尼姑
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| Taichung
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尼姑
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| Tainan
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尼姑, 菜姑
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| Tainan (Anping)
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尼姑, 菜姑
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| Hsinchu
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尼姑
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| Kinmen
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尼姑
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| Penghu (Magong)
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尼姑
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| Penghu (Xiyu)
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尼姑, 菜姑
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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尼姑, 菜姑
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| Zhangping (Yongfu)
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尼姑
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| Pingnan (Shangdu)
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尼姑
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| Raoping
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尼姑
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| Shantou
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尼姑, 師姑
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| Jieyang
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齋姨, 師傅
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| Haikou
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尼姑
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| Puxian Min
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Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
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師姑
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| Xianyou
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師姑
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| Central Min
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Yong'an
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尼姑
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| Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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師姑
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| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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師姑
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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尼姑
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| Nanning (Shajing)
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尼姑
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| Binyang (Xinqiao)
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尼姑
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| Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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尼姑
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| Guilin (Chaoyang)
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尼姑
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| Guilin (Zhuyuan)
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尼姑
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| Lingchuan (Tanxia)
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尼姑
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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師姑, 尼姑
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| Shanghai (Songjiang)
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師姑, 師太
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| Shanghai (Jiading)
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尼姑
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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尼姑
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| Suzhou
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師姑, 師太
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| Danyang
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尼姑, 師姑
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| Hangzhou
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尼姑, 師姑
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| Ningbo
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尼姑
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| Wenzhou
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師姑娘
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| Jinhua
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尼姑
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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尼姑
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| Loudi
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齋婆
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| Hengyang
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尼姑婆
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| Quanzhou
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尼姑婆
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| Guanyang (Wenshi)
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尼姑
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
姑姑
- (Cantonese, childish) alternative form of 咕咕 (“penis (of a boy)”)