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 CL:個|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 CL:個|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)
丹尼尔
Dān ní ěr
  1. 1 Daniel (name)
亚美尼亚
Yà měi ní yà
  1. 1 Armenia, capital Yerevan 埃里溫|埃里温[Āi lǐ wēn]
印尼
Yìn ní
  1. 1 Indonesia (abbr. for 印度尼西亞|印度尼西亚)
印度尼西亚
Yìn dù ní xī yà
  1. 1 Indonesia
吉尼斯
Jí ní sī
  1. 1 Guinness (name)
哈尼
hā ní
  1. 1 honey (term of endearment) (loanword)
大姑
dà gū
  1. 1 father's oldest sister
  2. 2 husband's older sister
  3. 3 sister-in-law
姑
gū
  1. 1 paternal aunt
  2. 2 husband's sister
  3. 3 husband's mother (old)
  4. 4 nun
  5. 5 for the time being (literary)
姑丈
gū zhàng
  1. 1 husband of paternal aunt
姑且
gū qiě
  1. 1 for the time being
  2. 2 tentatively
姑奶奶
gū nǎi nai
  1. 1 (coll.) father's father's sister
  2. 2 great aunt
姑婆
gū pó
  1. 1 grandfather's sister
  2. 2 sister of a woman's father-in-law
姑妈
gū mā
  1. 1 (coll.) father's married sister
  2. 2 paternal aunt
姑父
gū fu
  1. 1 father's sister's husband
  2. 2 husband of paternal aunt
  3. 3 uncle
姑爷
gū ye
  1. 1 son-in-law (used by wife's family)
  2. 2 uncle (husband of father's sister)

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
  1. 1 variant of 欲取姑與|欲取姑与[yù qǔ gū yǔ]
  2. 2 to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)
欲取姑与
yù qǔ gū yǔ
  1. 1 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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