尼姑
ní gū
Pinyin

Definition

尼姑
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ní gū
  1. Buddhist nun

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

姑姑
gū gu
  1. 1 paternal aunt
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
姑娘
gū niang
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 young lady
  4. 4 daughter
  5. 5 paternal aunt (old)
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
尼
ní
  1. 1 Buddhist nun
  2. 2 (often used in phonetic spellings)
尼玛
Ní mǎ
  1. 1 Nyima county, Tibetan: Nyi ma rdzong in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[Nà qǔ dì qū], central Tibet
三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)

Idioms (6)

三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. 1 to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
姑置勿论
gū zhì wù lùn
  1. 1 to put something aside for the time being (idiom)
妇姑勃溪
fù gū bó xī
  1. 1 dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles
欲取姑予
yù qǔ gū yǔ
  2. 2 to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)

Sample Sentences

不叫尼姑，叫道姑。他们的庙也不叫庙，叫道观。
bù jiào nígū ，jiào dàogū 。tāmen de miào yě bù jiào miào ，jiào dàoguàn 。
Yes, but they have a special name in Chinese. Their temples also have special names in Chinese.
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你刚刚说到道士，那道教里有尼姑吗？
nǐ gānggāng shuōdào dàoshi ，nà Dàojiào lǐ yǒu nígū ma ？
Just now you mentioned Taoist priests. Does Taoism also have nuns?
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