尼姑庵

See also: 尼姑菴

Chinese edit

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

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nígū'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ gu¹ am¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): nî-ko͘-am / lî-ko͘-am

(Teochew, Peng'im): ni⁵ gou¹ am¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nígū'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nígu-an
  - Wade–Giles: ni²-ku¹-an¹
  - Yale: ní-gū-ān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niguan
  - Palladius: нигу’ань (nigu’anʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ ku⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁴ gu¹ am¹
  - Yale: nèih gū ām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ gu¹ am¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ gu¹ em¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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: ni⁵ gou¹ am¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nî kou am
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kou³³⁻²³ am³³/

Noun edit

尼姑庵

Buddhist nunnery
(figurative) girls' school

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 尼姑庵 (“Buddhist nunnery”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		尼姑庵, 庵堂, 庵子
Mandarin	Beijing	姑子庵兒
	Taiwan	尼姑庵, 庵堂
	Harbin	姑子廟
	Yantai (Muping)	尼姑庵兒, 姑子廟兒, 姑子庵兒
	Luoyang	姑姑兒庵兒
	Wanrong	姑姑庵
	Yangzhou	庵
	Nanjing	師姑庵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	師姑庵
	Hong Kong	師姑庵, 尼姑庵, 庵堂
	Dongguan	師姑庵
Gan	Nanchang	尼姑庵
Gan	Lichuan	庵堂, 佛庵
Hakka	Yudu	庵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	庵堂
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	庵堂
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	庵堂
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	庵堂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	庵堂
	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
	Zhao'an	尼姑庵
	Taipei	尼姑庵
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	尼姑庵
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	尼姑庵
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	尼姑庵
	Yilan	尼姑庵
	Yilan (Toucheng)	尼姑庵
	Changhua (Lukang)	尼姑庵
	Taichung	尼姑庵
	Tainan	尼姑庵
	Tainan (Anping)	尼姑庵
	Hsinchu	尼姑庵
	Kinmen	尼姑庵
	Penghu (Magong)	尼姑庵
	Penghu (Xiyu)	尼姑庵
	Jieyang	齋堂
	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
	Suzhou	師姑堂
	Danyang	師姑廟, 尼姑廟
	Ningbo	庵堂, 庵, 尼姑庵
	Wenzhou	師姑娘寮, 師姑娘堂, 庵
	Jinhua	尼姑寺