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Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
姑姑
- father's sister; paternal aunt
- (dialectal Mandarin) Buddhist nun
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
姑姑 (“paternal aunt (father's sister)”)
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
姑母
|
Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
姑媽 §, 姑姑, 姑兒, 娘兒
|
Taiwan
|
姑姑
|
Harbin
|
姑, 姑姑
|
Shenyang
|
姑姑
|
Singapore
|
姑姑
|
Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
姑姑, 姑
|
Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
姑
|
Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
姑
|
Wanrong
|
姑
|
Wanrong (Ronghe)
|
姑
|
Xi'an
|
姑媽 †, 姑 ‡
|
Xining
|
娘娘
|
Xuzhou
|
姑娘, 姑姑, 姑兒
|
Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
姑媽
|
Lanzhou
|
娘娘
|
Ürümqi
|
姑媽 †, 姑姑 ‡
|
Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
姑媽 §, 娘娘
|
Wuhan
|
姑媽 §, 娘娘, 葉葉, 小爹 dated
|
Guiyang
|
姑媽 §, 娘娘 ‡≠
|
Kunming
|
姑媽 §, 娘 ≠
|
Liuzhou
|
姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
姑媽 †, 娘娘 ‡
|
Yangzhou
|
娘娘, 大姑子 † eldest
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Nantong
|
姑媽 †
|
Hefei
|
姑佬, 佬佬, 佬
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Hong Kong
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
Macau
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
姑母 †, 娘仔 ‡
|
Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
阿娘 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡
|
Foshan
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
姑姐
|
Foshan (Shunde)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Foshan (Sanshui)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
阿姑
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
阿姑
|
Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
阿姑
|
Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
阿姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
阿姑
|
Taishan
|
阿姑, 大姑 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡
|
Kaiping (Chikan)
|
阿姑
|
Enping (Niujiang)
|
阿姑
|
Heshan (Yayao)
|
姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
Dongguan
|
阿姑, 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡
|
Shaoguan
|
姑媽, 姑姐
|
Yunfu
|
阿姑
|
Yangjiang
|
大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
Xinyi
|
阿姑
|
Lianjiang
|
𡜵奶 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
|
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
姑媽, 姑姐 ≠
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
姑媽
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
姑娘, 姑姑, 姑, 大娘, 大姑娘
|
Lichuan
|
姑
|
Pingxiang
|
姑娘
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
阿姑
|
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
阿姑
|
Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
大姑 †, 細姑 ‡
|
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
阿姑
|
Yudu
|
姑姑, 姑姊
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
阿姑
|
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
阿姑
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
阿姑
|
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
阿姑
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
阿姑
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
阿姑
|
Hong Kong
|
大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
Senai (Huiyang)
|
阿姑
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
姑, 姑姑
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
姑姑, 姑媽
|
Xinzhou
|
姑姑 ∅, 姑姑啊 ¶
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
姑姑
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
大細姑, 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 依姑 ‡
|
Fuqing
|
姑姐 †, 大姐 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
|
Matsu
|
依姑
|
Singapore (Fuqing)
|
姑姑
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
阿姑
|
Quanzhou
|
阿姑
|
Zhangzhou
|
阿姑
|
Kaohsiung
|
阿姑
|
Yilan
|
阿姑
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
阿姑
|
Taichung
|
阿姑
|
Taichung (Wuqi)
|
阿姑
|
Tainan
|
阿姑
|
Taitung
|
阿姑
|
Hsinchu
|
阿姑
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
阿姑
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
阿姑
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
阿姑
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
阿姑, 姑姑
|
Chaozhou
|
阿姑
|
Shantou
|
阿姑
|
Bangkok (Teochew)
|
阿姑
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
阿姑
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
阿姑
|
Leizhou
|
姑母, 尼姑 ‡, ∅, 姑 ‡, ¶, 父姑 ‡
|
Wenchang
|
姆 †, 姑㜥 ‡, 㜥 ‡
|
Haikou
|
姑母 ∅, 阿姑 ¶
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
姑母 †, 姑 ‡
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
姑母 †, 姑 ‡
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
娘娘, 姑母, 姑媽 ‡
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
姑娘
|
Suzhou
|
嬤嬤 †, 娘娘 ‡
|
Danyang
|
親嫚
|
Hangzhou
|
乾娘
|
Ningbo
|
姑嬤 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
Wenzhou
|
阿娘
|
Jinhua
|
娘娘, 姑 ∅
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
姑媽 §, 姑子 ≠, 大姑子 †, 細姑子 ‡
|
Loudi
|
大唧 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
|
Shuangfeng
|
大基 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
|
Hengyang
|
姑伯娘 †, 姑唧 ‡, 嫚嫚 ‡
|
Note
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† - father's elder sister; ‡ - father's younger sister; § - married; ≠ - unmarried; ¶ - face-to-face; ∅ - non-face-to-face
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Dialectal synonyms of
尼姑 (“Buddhist nun”)
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
尼姑, 比丘尼
|
Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
姑子
|
Taiwan
|
尼姑
|
Chengde
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Chifeng
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
姑子
|
Heihe
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Qiqihar
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Harbin
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Jiamusi
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Baicheng
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Changchun
|
姑子
|
Tonghua
|
姑子
|
Shenyang
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Jinzhou
|
尼姑兒, 姑子
|
Singapore
|
尼姑, 師父
|
Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
姑子
|
Tangshan
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Cangzhou
|
姑子
|
Baoding
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Shijiazhuang
|
姑子
|
Lijin
|
姑子
|
Jinan
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
姑子
|
Dandong
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Yantai
|
姑子
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
姑子
|
Qingdao
|
姑姑子
|
Zhucheng
|
姑子
|
Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
尼姑, 姑姑兒
|
Lingbao
|
尼姑, 姑姑
|
Jining
|
姑子, 姑姑
|
Wanrong
|
姑姑子
|
Linfen
|
姑姑子
|
Shangqiu
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Yuanyang
|
尼姑
|
Zhengzhou
|
尼姑, 姑姑
|
Xinyang
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Baihe
|
尼姑
|
Xi'an
|
尼姑, 姑姑子
|
Baoji
|
尼姑, 姑姑
|
Tianshui
|
姑姑子
|
Xining
|
尼姑, 女姑姑
|
Xuzhou
|
姑子, 尼姑, 二僧
|
Fuyang
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
尼姑, 姑姑
|
Lanzhou
|
尼姑, 姑姑, 姑姑子
|
Dunhuang
|
尼姑
|
Hami
|
尼姑
|
Ürümqi
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
尼姑
|
Nanchong
|
尼姑
|
Dazhou
|
尼姑
|
Hanyuan
|
尼姑
|
Xichang
|
尼姑
|
Zigong
|
尼姑
|
Chongqing
|
尼姑
|
Wuhan
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Yichang
|
尼姑
|
Xiangyang
|
尼姑, 姑姑子
|
Tianmen
|
尼姑
|
Guiyang
|
尼姑, 師公
|
Zunyi
|
尼姑
|
Bijie
|
尼姑
|
Liping
|
尼姑
|
Zhaotong
|
尼姑
|
Dali
|
尼姑
|
Kunming
|
尼姑
|
Mengzi
|
尼姑
|
Guilin
|
尼姑
|
Guilin (Lingui)
|
尼姑
|
Liuzhou
|
尼姑, 師姑, 師父
|
Liuzhou (Luorong)
|
尼姑
|
Nanning (Wuming)
|
尼姑
|
Jishou
|
女和尚
|
Changde
|
尼姑
|
Hanzhong
|
尼姑, 姑姑子
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
師姑, 尼姑
|
Yangzhou
|
師姑, 尼姑, 二僧
|
Lianyungang
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Lianshui
|
尼姑
|
Nantong
|
尼姑
|
Anqing
|
尼姑
|
Wuhu
|
尼姑
|
Hefei
|
尼姑
|
Hong'an
|
尼姑
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
師姑
|
Hong Kong
|
師姑, 尼姑, 阿傅
|
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
尼姑
|
Macau
|
師姑
|
Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
師姑
|
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
師姑
|
Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
師姑
|
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
師姑
|
Foshan
|
師姑
|
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
師姑
|
Foshan (Shunde)
|
師姑
|
Foshan (Sanshui)
|
師姑
|
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
尼姑
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
師姑
|
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
師姑
|
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
仙姑仔
|
Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
師姑, 尼姑
|
Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
師姑
|
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
尼姑
|
Taishan
|
尼姑, 師姑, 齋姑
|
Kaiping (Chikan)
|
尼姑
|
Enping (Niujiang)
|
尼姑
|
Heshan (Yayao)
|
師姑
|
Dongguan
|
師姑
|
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
師姑
|
Qingyuan
|
師姑
|
Fogang
|
師姑
|
Yingde (Hanguang)
|
尼姑
|
Yangshan
|
尼姑
|
Lianshan (Butian)
|
尼姑
|
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
|
尼姑
|
Shaoguan
|
師姑
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
師姑
|
Renhua
|
師姑
|
Lechang
|
尼姑, 師姑
|
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
尼姑
|
Sihui
|
師姑
|
Guangning
|
師姑
|
Deqing
|
尼姑
|
Huaiji
|
仙姑
|
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
尼姑
|
Yunfu
|
師姑
|
Xinxing
|
尼姑
|
Luoding
|
尼姑
|
Yunan (Pingtai)
|
尼姑
|
Xinyi
|
尼姑
|
Lianjiang
|
尼姑
|
Nanning
|
尼姑
|
Wuzhou
|
尼姑, 師姑
|
Yulin
|
尼姑
|
Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
尼姑
|
Guiping
|
尼姑
|
Mengshan (Xihe)
|
尼姑
|
Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
尼姑
|
Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
尼姑
|
Baise
|
尼姑
|
Bobai
|
尼姑
|
Lingshan
|
尼姑
|
Pubei
|
尼姑
|
Qinzhou
|
尼姑
|
Beihai
|
尼姑
|
Ningming
|
尼姑
|
Hengzhou
|
尼姑
|
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
|
尼姑
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
尼姑
|
Pengze
|
尼姑
|
Lichuan
|
尼姑, 女和尚
|
Pingxiang
|
尼姑, 齋婆
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
尼姑, 齋嫲
|
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
尼姑, 師姑, 師父
|
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
|
尼姑婆
|
Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
尼姑嫲
|
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
Boluo (Bendihua)
|
師姑
|
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
尼姑嫲
|
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
師姑
|
Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
尼姑, 齋婆
|
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
|
姐婆
|
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
|
尼姑
|
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
|
猜嫲
|
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
尼姑
|
Yudu
|
尼姑
|
Ruijin
|
尼姑
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
尼姑, 齋婆, 齋姑
|
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
尼姑, 齋姑
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
尼姑, 齋婆, 齋姑
|
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
尼姑, 齋姑
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
尼姑, 齋婆, 齋姑
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
尼姑
|
Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
尼姑
|
Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
尼姑
|
Mashan (Pianlian)
|
尼姑
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
尼姑
|
Shexian
|
尼姑
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
姑子
|
Pingyao
|
姑子
|
Yangyuan
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Datong
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Xinzhou
|
姑子
|
Lüliang (Lishi)
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Changzhi
|
姑子
|
Linhe
|
姑子
|
Jining
|
尼姑
|
Hohhot
|
姑子
|
Erenhot
|
姑子
|
Pingshan
|
姑子
|
Zhangjiakou
|
姑子
|
Handan
|
尼姑, 姑子
|
Linzhou
|
姑哦
|
Suide
|
姑子
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
尼姑, 尼姑囝 derogatory, 菜婆
|
Fuqing
|
尼姑, 師姑
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
尼姑
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Quanzhou
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尼姑
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Zhangzhou
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尼姑
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Zhao'an
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尼姑
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Taipei
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尼姑
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New Taipei (Tamsui)
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尼姑
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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尼姑
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New Taipei (Pingxi)
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尼姑
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Kaohsiung
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尼姑, 菜姑
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Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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尼姑
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Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
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尼姑, 菜姑仔
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Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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尼姑, 菜姑
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Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
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尼姑
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Yilan
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尼姑, 菜姑
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Yilan (Toucheng)
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尼姑, 菜姑
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Changhua (Lukang)
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尼姑
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Taichung
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尼姑
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Tainan
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尼姑, 菜姑
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Tainan (Anping)
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尼姑, 菜姑
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Hsinchu
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尼姑
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Kinmen
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尼姑
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Penghu (Magong)
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尼姑
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Penghu (Xiyu)
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尼姑, 菜姑
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Penang (Hokkien)
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尼姑, 菜姑
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Zhangping (Yongfu)
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尼姑
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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尼姑
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Raoping
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尼姑
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Shantou
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尼姑, 師姑
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Jieyang
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齋姨, 師傅
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Haikou
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尼姑
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Puxian Min
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Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
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師姑
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Xianyou
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師姑
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Central Min
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Yong'an
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尼姑
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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師姑
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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師姑
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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尼姑
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Nanning (Shajing)
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尼姑
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Binyang (Xinqiao)
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尼姑
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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尼姑
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Guilin (Chaoyang)
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尼姑
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Guilin (Zhuyuan)
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尼姑
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Lingchuan (Tanxia)
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尼姑
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Wu
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Shanghai
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師姑, 尼姑
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Shanghai (Songjiang)
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師姑, 師太
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Shanghai (Jiading)
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尼姑
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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尼姑
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Suzhou
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師姑, 師太
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Danyang
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尼姑, 師姑
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Hangzhou
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尼姑, 師姑
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Ningbo
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尼姑
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Wenzhou
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師姑娘
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Jinhua
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尼姑
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Xiang
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Changsha
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尼姑
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Loudi
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齋婆
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Quanzhou
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尼姑婆
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Guanyang (Wenshi)
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尼姑
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
姑姑
- (Cantonese, childish) Alternative form of 咕咕 (“penis (of a boy)”)