比丘尼

bǐqiūní

noun

Measure Word

一位比丘尼 wèi

Meanings

1 Buddhist nun
2 bhikṣuṇī (fully ordained female monastic)

Characters

(transliteration syllable bhi)

(transliteration syllable kṣu)

(transliteration syllable ṇī, also generic 'nun')

Examples

HSK 2

她出家成为一名比丘尼。

Tā chū jiā chéngwéi yì míng bǐqiūní.

She left the secular world and became a Buddhist nun.

HSK 7-9

寺中的比丘尼每日诵经修行。

Sì zhōng de bǐqiūní měirì sòngjīng xiūxíng.

The nuns in the temple chant sutras and practice daily.

Tips

history

Loanword from Sanskrit bhikṣuṇī, the female counterpart of 比丘 (bhikṣu, fully ordained monk). Each character is purely phonetic - none of the meanings 'compare', 'hill', 'female' are at play here.

Stroke Order

比 bǐ

丘 qiū

尼 ní