Buddhist nun
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
Buddhist nun; a woman who has taken vows and lives in a convent
informalThis is a colloquial and informal term. The more formal or respectful term is '尼姑' (ní gū). '姑子' is more commonly used in everyday speech and can sound slightly casual or regional.
Shān山
shàng上
de的
miào庙
lǐ里
zhù住
zhe着
jǐ几
ge个
lǎo老
gū姑
zi子
。
A few elderly Buddhist nuns live in the temple on the mountain.
Wǒ我
xiǎo小
shí时
hou候
，
cūn村
lǐ里
yǒu有
ge个
gū姑
zi子
huà化
yuán缘
。
When I was a child, a nun came to our village to beg for alms.
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Tā她
kàn看
pò破
hóng红
chén尘
，
chū出
jiā家
dāng当
le了
gū姑
zi子
。
She became disillusioned with the mortal world and became a Buddhist nun.