尼姑 (nígū): Buddhist nun

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一位尼姑 wèi

HSK 7-9

她削发为尼，在寺庙里出家做了尼姑。

Tā xuē fà wéi ní, zài sìmiào lǐ chūjiā zuò le nígū.

She shaved her head and became a Buddhist nun, taking vows at a temple.

HSK 7-9

尼姑庵里住着几位修行的尼姑。

Nígū ān lǐ zhù zhe jǐ wèi xiūxíng de nígū.

Several Buddhist nuns practising cultivation live at the nunnery.

usage

尼姑 is the informal term for a Buddhist nun. The more formal term is 比丘尼. A nunnery is called 尼姑庵 or simply 庵.

尼 ní

姑 gū