# 尼姑
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “比丘尼+姑？”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): nígū
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄍㄨ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyi$^2$ gu$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nei$^4$ gu$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): nai$^3$ gu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): nì-kû
    (Hailu, HRS): ni gu$^ˋ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): nî-ko͘ / lî-ko͘ / lûi-ko͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ni$^5$ gou$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gni-ku
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyi$^2$ gu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nígū
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄍㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nígu
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^2$-ku$^1$
*** Yale: ní-gū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nigu
*** Palladius: нигу (nigu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni³⁵ ku⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi$^2$ gu$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: nigu
*** Sinological IPA : /nʲi²¹ ku⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nei$^4$ gu$^1$
*** Yale: nèih gū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nei$^4$ gu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: néi$^4$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /nei̯²¹ kuː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: nai$^3$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ⁿdai²² ku³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nì-kû
*** Hakka Romanization System: ni$^ˇ$ gu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ni$^2$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ni¹¹ ku²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ni gu$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ni⁵⁵ ku⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-ko͘
*** Tâi-lô: nî-koo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ni'kof
*** IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /nĩ²⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² kɔ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-ko͘
*** Tâi-lô: lî-koo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: li'kof
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /li²⁴⁻²² kɔ³³/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /li²⁴⁻¹² kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³⁻³³ kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Tainan): /li²⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Taipei, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-ko͘
*** Tâi-lô: luî-koo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lui'kof
*** IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ni$^5$ gou$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nî kou
*** Sinological IPA : /ni⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kou³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gni-ku
*** MiniDict: nyi$^去$ ku
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyi-ku
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² ku⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: nyi$^2$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲi¹³ ku³³/

### Noun

尼姑
* Buddhist nun

#### Usage notes

Although this term is the most common way to refer to Buddhist nuns, some people consider it offensive because of connotations with 三姑六婆 (sāngūliùpó). Terms like 比丘尼 (bǐqiūní), 尼師／尼师 and 女尼 are recommended.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 尼姑, 比丘尼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 尼姑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 尼姑兒, 姑子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 尼姑, 師父 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 姑子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 姑子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 姑子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 姑子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 姑子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 姑子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 姑子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 姑姑子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 尼姑, 姑姑兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 尼姑, 姑姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 姑子, 姑姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 姑姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 姑姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 尼姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 尼姑, 姑姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 尼姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 尼姑, 姑姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 尼姑, 姑姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 姑姑子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 尼姑, 女姑姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 姑子, 尼姑, 二僧 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 尼姑, 姑姑 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 尼姑, 姑姑, 姑姑子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 尼姑 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 尼姑 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 尼姑, 姑姑子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 尼姑, 師公 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 尼姑, 師姑, 師父 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 女和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 尼姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 尼姑, 姑姑子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 師姑, 尼姑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 師姑, 尼姑, 二僧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 尼姑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 尼姑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 尼姑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 尼姑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 尼姑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 師姑, 尼姑, 阿傅 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 仙姑仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 師姑, 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 尼姑, 師姑, 齋姑 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 尼姑, 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 仙姑 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 尼姑, 師姑 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 尼姑 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 尼姑 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 尼姑 |
| Gan | Pengze | 尼姑 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 尼姑, 女和尚 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 尼姑, 齋婆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 尼姑, 齋嫲 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 尼姑, 師姑, 師父 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 尼姑婆 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 尼姑嫲 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 師姑 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 尼姑嫲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 師姑 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 尼姑, 齋婆 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 猜嫲 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 尼姑, 齋婆, 齋姑 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 尼姑, 齋姑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 尼姑, 齋婆, 齋姑 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 尼姑, 齋姑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 尼姑, 齋婆, 齋姑 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 尼姑 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 尼姑 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 尼姑 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 尼姑 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 姑子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 姑子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Jin | Datong | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 姑子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 姑子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 姑子 |
| Jin | Jining | 尼姑 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 姑子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 姑子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 姑子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 姑子 |
| Jin | Handan | 尼姑, 姑子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 姑哦 |
| Jin | Suide | 姑子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 尼姑, 尼姑囝 derogatory, 菜婆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 尼姑, 師姑 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 尼姑, 菜姑 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 尼姑, 菜姑仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 尼姑, 菜姑 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 尼姑, 菜姑 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 尼姑, 菜姑 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 尼姑, 菜姑 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 尼姑, 菜姑 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 尼姑, 菜姑 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 尼姑, 菜姑 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 尼姑 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 尼姑, 師姑 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 齋姨, 師傅 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 尼姑 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 師姑 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 師姑 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 尼姑 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 師姑 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 師姑 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 尼姑 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 尼姑 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 尼姑 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 尼姑 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 尼姑 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 尼姑 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 尼姑 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 師姑, 尼姑 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 師姑, 師太 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 尼姑 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 尼姑 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 師姑, 師太 |
| Wu | Danyang | 尼姑, 師姑 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 尼姑, 師姑 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 尼姑 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 師姑娘 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 尼姑 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 尼姑 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 齋婆 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 尼姑婆 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 尼姑 |

#### Derived terms

* 尼姑庵 (nígū'ān)