尼姑

Chinese

Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings) paternal aunt
trad. (尼姑) 尼 姑
simp. #(尼姑) 尼 姑
alternative forms 妮姑

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “比丘尼+姑？”)

Pronunciation

Noun

尼姑

  1. Buddhist nun

Usage notes

Although this term is the most common way to refer to Buddhist nuns, some people consider it offensive because of connotations with 三姑六婆 (sāngūliùpó). Terms like 比丘尼 (bǐqiūní), 尼師 / 尼师 and 女尼 are recommended.

Synonyms

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
Linzhou 姑哦
Suide 姑子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 尼姑, 尼姑囝 derogatory, 菜婆
Fuqing 尼姑, 師姑
Southern Min Xiamen 尼姑
Quanzhou 尼姑
Hui'an 西姑
Zhangzhou 尼姑
Zhao'an 尼姑
Taipei 尼姑
New Taipei (Tamsui) 尼姑
New Taipei (Sanxia) 尼姑
New Taipei (Pingxi) 尼姑
Kaohsiung 尼姑, 菜姑
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 尼姑
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 尼姑, 菜姑仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 尼姑, 菜姑
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 尼姑
Yilan 尼姑, 菜姑
Yilan (Toucheng) 尼姑, 菜姑
Changhua (Lukang) 尼姑
Taichung 尼姑
Tainan 尼姑, 菜姑
Tainan (Anping) 尼姑, 菜姑
Hsinchu 尼姑
Kinmen 尼姑
Penghu (Magong) 尼姑
Penghu (Xiyu) 尼姑, 菜姑
Penang (Hokkien) 尼姑, 菜姑
Zhangping (Yongfu) 尼姑
Pingnan (Shangdu) 尼姑
Raoping 尼姑
Shantou 尼姑, 師姑
Jieyang 齋姨, 師傅
Haikou 尼姑
Puxian Min Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 師姑
Xianyou 師姑
Central Min Yong'an 尼姑
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 師姑
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 師姑
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 尼姑
Nanning (Shajing) 尼姑
Binyang (Xinqiao) 尼姑
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 尼姑
Guilin (Chaoyang) 尼姑
Guilin (Zhuyuan) 尼姑
Lingchuan (Tanxia) 尼姑
Wu Shanghai 師姑, 尼姑
Shanghai (Songjiang) 師姑, 師太
Shanghai (Jiading) 尼姑
Shanghai (Chongming) 尼姑
Suzhou 師姑, 師太
Danyang 尼姑, 師姑
Hangzhou 尼姑, 師姑
Ningbo 尼姑
Wenzhou 師姑娘
Jinhua 尼姑
Xiang Changsha 尼姑
Loudi 齋婆
Hengyang 尼姑婆
Quanzhou 尼姑婆
Guanyang (Wenshi) 尼姑

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