NUN  尼姑

FEMALE MONK.
SISTERABBESSPRIORESSMOTHER SUPERIORREVEREND MOTHERNOVICEBRIDE OF CHRISTRELIGIOUSCONVENTUALCONTEMPLATIVECANONESSLITERARY VESTALHISTORICAL ANCHORESS
Hypernym
  • MONKADULT who is NOT MARRIED AND WORKS ONLY FOR HIS/HER RELIGION.
    • ADULTHUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME.
      • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
        • ANIMALCREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE....
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 ／

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 22.184

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

Words

比丘尼  bǐ qiū ní OC: piʔ khɯ nil MC: pi khɨu ɳi 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPbuddhistBUDDH: Buddhist nun; SANSKRIT bhiksunī
沙彌尼  shā mí ní OC: sraal mel nil MC: ʂɣɛ miɛ ɳi 0 AttributionsWD
    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 AttributionsWD
    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

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