尼姑

nígū
Buddhist nun

CEDICT

Buddhist nun

Wiktionary

民間對出家女眾的稱呼。唐．李商隱〈祭徐姊夫文〉：「尼姑居宗老之地，騶奴總家相之權。」也作「尼僧」。

重編國語辭典

削髮出家的女佛教徒，比丘尼的俗称

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 尼 ní
  1. Buddhist nun
  2. (often used in phonetic spellings)
2 姑 gū
  1. paternal aunt
  2. husband's sister
  3. husband's mother (old)
  4. nun
  5. for the time being (literary)

Containing this entry

尼姑庵 nígū'ān
尼姑尿 nyi²gu¹nyiao⁴

Related entries

尼 ní
  1. Buddhist nun
  2. (often used in phonetic spellings)
東尼，說話。

Ton, speak.

Source: Tatoeba

比丘尼 bǐqiūní Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni")
姑子 gūzi
  1. husband's sister
  2. (coll.) Buddhist nun