# 尼姑庵
## Chinese

| | | Buddhist nun | hut; Buddhist convent; small Buddhist temple |
| trad. (尼姑庵/尼姑菴) | trad. (尼姑庵/尼姑菴) | 尼姑 | 庵/菴 |
| simp. (尼姑庵) | simp. (尼姑庵) | 尼姑 | 庵 |

### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nígū'ān
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄍㄨ ㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nei$^4$ gu$^1$ am$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): nî-ko͘-am / lî-ko͘-am
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ni$^5$ gou$^1$ am$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nígū'ān
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄍㄨ ㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nígu-an
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^2$-ku$^1$-an$^1$
*** Yale: ní-gū-ān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niguan
*** Palladius: нигу’ань (nigu’anʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni³⁵ ku⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nei$^4$ gu$^1$ am$^1$
*** Yale: nèih gū ām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nei$^4$ gu$^1$ am$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: néi$^4$ gu$^1$ em$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /nei̯²¹ kuː⁵⁵ ɐm⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Taichung, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-ko͘-am
*** Tâi-lô: nî-koo-am
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ni'ko'afm
*** IPA (Yilan): /nĩ²⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ am⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ am⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Lukang): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² kɔ³³ am³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² am⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Hsinchu, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-ko͘-am
*** Tâi-lô: lî-koo-am
*** Phofsit Daibuun: li'ko'afm
*** IPA (Tainan): /li²⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ am⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³⁻³³ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ am⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /li²⁴⁻¹² kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² am⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Lukang): /li²⁴⁻²² kɔ³³ am³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ni$^5$ gou$^1$ am$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nî kou am
*** Sinological IPA : /ni⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kou³³⁻²³ am³³/

### Noun

尼姑庵
* Buddhist nunnery
* (figurative) girls' school

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 尼姑庵, 庵堂, 庵子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 姑子庵兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 尼姑庵, 庵堂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 姑子廟 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 尼姑庵兒, 姑子廟兒, 姑子庵兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 姑姑兒庵兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 姑姑庵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 師姑庵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 庵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 師姑庵 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 師姑庵, 尼姑庵, 庵堂 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 師姑庵 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 尼姑庵 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 庵堂, 佛庵 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 庵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 菜堂 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 尼姑庵 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 庵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 尼姑庵, 庵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 尼姑庵, 菜堂 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 齋堂 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 尼姑庵, 庵堂 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 師姑寺 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 阿姑寺 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 師姑堂, 庵堂, 尼姑庵 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 師姑堂 |
| Wu | Danyang | 師姑廟, 尼姑廟 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 庵堂, 庵, 尼姑庵 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 師姑娘寮, 師姑娘堂, 庵 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 尼姑寺 |