NUN    尼姑

FEMALE MONK.
SISTERABBESSPRIORESSMOTHER SUPERIORREVEREND MOTHERNOVICEBRIDE OF CHRISTRELIGIOUSCONVENTUALCONTEMPLATIVECANONESSLITERARY VESTALHISTORICAL ANCHORESS
Old Chinese Criteria
000
Modern Chinese Criteria
尼姑 尼 女尼 姑子 師姑 師太 仙姑 比丘尼 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • MONK　ADULT who is NOT MARRIED AND WORKS ONLY FOR HIS/HER RELIGION. (anc: 8/0, child: 2)
  • ADULT　HUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME. (anc: 7/0, child: 20)
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 22.184

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    • Words (3 items)

    比丘尼  bǐ qiū ní OC: piʔ khɯ nil MC: pi khɨu ɳi 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPbuddhistBUDDH: Buddhist nun; SANSKRIT bhiksunī
    沙彌尼  shā mí ní OC: sraal mel nil MC: ʂɣɛ miɛ ɳi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPbuddhistBUDDH: female novice (in contrast to bǐqiūní 比丘尼 'nun' who received the full set of precepts)
    式叉摩那  shì chā mó nà OC: lʰɯɡ skhraa maal naals MC: ɕɨk ʈʂhɣɛ mʷɑ nɑ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPbuddhistBUDDH: probational female novice (usually referred to female Buddhist disciples during the two years prior to becoming a fully ordained nun); skr. śikṣamāṇā; pali sikkhamānā