# 比丘尼
## Chinese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Pali bhikkhunī, from Sanskrit भिक्षुणी (bhikṣuṇī).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǐqiūní
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄋㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^2$ jau$^1$ nei$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǐqiūní
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄋㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǐciouní
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^3$-chʻiu$^1$-ni$^2$
*** Yale: bǐ-chyōu-ní
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biichiouni
*** Palladius: бицюни (bicjuni)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ni³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^2$ jau$^1$ nei$^4$
*** Yale: béi yāu nèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^2$ jau$^1$ nei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^2$ yeo$^1$ néi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯³⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵ nei̯²¹/

### Noun

比丘尼
* (Buddhism) bhikkhuni; Buddhist nun

#### 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 |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 比丘尼(びくに) (bikuni)
* → Korean: 비구니(比丘尼) (biguni)
* → Vietnamese: tỉ-khâu-ni (比丘尼)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 比 | 丘 | 尼 |
| び Grade: 5 | く Grade: S | に Grade: S |
| on'yomi |||

### Etymology

Borrowed from Pali bhikkhunī, from Sanskrit भिक्षुणी (bhikṣuṇī).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) びくに [bìkúní] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) びくに [bíꜜkùnì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [bʲikɯ̟ɲ̟i]

### Noun

比(び)丘(く)尼(に) • (bikuni)
* bhikkhuni

#### Derived terms

* 伊勢比丘尼(いせびくに) (ise bikuni)
* 浮世比丘尼(うきよびくに) (ukiyo bikuni)
* 歌比丘尼(うたびくに) (uta bikuni)
* 絵解(えと)き比丘尼(びくに) (etoki bikuni)
* 勧進比丘尼(かんじんびくに) (kanjin bikuni)
* 熊野比丘尼(くまのびくに) (kumano bikuni)
* 科負(とがお)い比丘尼(びくに) (togaoi bikuni)
* 二人比丘尼(ににんびくに) (ninin bikuni)
* 八百比丘尼(はっぴゃくびくに) (happyaku bikuni)
* 比丘尼足駄(びくにあしだ) (bikuni ashida)
* 比丘尼御所(びくにごしょ) (bikuni gosho)
* 比丘尼雪駄(びくにせった) (bikuni setta)
* 比丘尼宿(びくにやど) (bikuni yado)
* 屁負(へお)い比丘尼(びくに) (heoi bikuni)

### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 比 | 丘 | 尼 |

### Noun

比丘尼 • (biguni) (hangeul 비구니)
* hanja form of 비구니 (“bhikkhuni”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 比 | 丘 | 尼 |

### Noun

比丘尼
* chữ Hán form of tỉ-khâu-ni (“bhikkhuni”).