# 比丘
## Chinese

* 比丘

### Etymology

Borrowed from Pali bhikkhu. Cognate with Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǐqiū
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^2$ jau$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pí-khiu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǐqiū
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǐciou
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^3$-chʻiu$^1$
*** Yale: bǐ-chyōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biichiou
*** Palladius: бицю (bicju)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^2$ jau$^1$
*** Yale: béi yāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^2$ jau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^2$ yeo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯³⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-khiu
*** Tâi-lô: pí-khiu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: py'qiw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiu³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiu⁴⁴/

### Noun

比丘
* (Buddhism) bhikkhu; Buddhist monk

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 和尚, 比丘, 僧, 僧人, 僧侶, 禪師 honorific |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 和尚, 師父 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 和尚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 和尚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 和尚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 和尚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 和尚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 和尚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 和尚, 僧人 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 和尚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 和尚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 和尚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 和尚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 和尚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 和尚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 和尚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 和尚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 和尚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 和尚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 和尚, 師父 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 和尚, 師父 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 和尚 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 和尚 |
| Gan | Pengze | 和尚 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 和尚 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 和尚, 齋公 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 和尚, 齋公仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 和尚, 齋牯, 齋公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 和尚, 齋公仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 和尚, 齋公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 和尚, 齋公仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 師父 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 和尚 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 和尚 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 和尚 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 和尚 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 和尚 |
| Jin | Datong | 和尚 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 和尚 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 和尚 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 和尚 |
| Jin | Linhe | 和尚 |
| Jin | Jining | 和尚 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 和尚 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 和尚 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 和尚 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 和尚 |
| Jin | Handan | 和尚 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 和尚 |
| Jin | Suide | 和尚 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 道老 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 長老 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 長老 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 長老 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 長老 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 長老 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 和尚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 和尚, 仙師 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Shunchang (Pushang) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 師父 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 師父 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 和尚 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 和尚 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 和尚, 長老 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 長老 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 和尚 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 和尚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 和尚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 和尚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 和尚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 和尚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 和尚 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 和尚 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 和尚 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 和尚 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 和尚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 和尚 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 和尚 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 和尚 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 和尚 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 和尚 |
| Wu | Danyang | 和尚 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 和尚 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 和尚 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 和尚 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 和尚 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 和尚 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 齋公 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 和尚 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 和尚 |

#### Derived terms

* 比丘尼 (bǐqiūní)

### Further reading

* Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “比丘” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

## Japanese

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

### Etymology

Borrowed from Pali bhikkhu, from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) びく [bíꜜkù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [bʲikɯ̟]

### Noun

比(び)丘(く) • (biku)
* (Buddhism) bhikkhu

#### Synonyms

* 苾蒭(びっしゅ) (bisshu)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 比 | 丘 |

### Noun

比丘 • (bigu) (hangeul 비구)
* hanja form of 비구 (“(Buddhism) bhikkhu”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 比 | 丘 |

### Noun

比丘
* chữ Hán form of tỉ khâu (“(Buddhism) bhikkhu”).