尼僧

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Chinese

		Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)	monk
trad. (尼僧)		尼	僧
simp. ^#(尼僧)		尼	僧
anagram		僧尼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nísēng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄙㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ zang¹, nei⁴ sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nísēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄙㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: níseng
  - Wade–Giles: ni²-sêng¹
  - Yale: ní-sēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niseng
  - Palladius: нисэн (nisɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ sɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁴ zang¹, nei⁴ sang¹
  - Yale: nèih jāng, nèih sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ dzang¹, nei⁴ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ zeng¹, néi⁴ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /nei̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

尼僧

(Buddhism) Buddhist nun

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尼	僧
に Grade: S	そう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
尼僧 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にそー (Heiban – )
(Tokyo) にそー (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

尼(に)僧(そう) • (nisō)

(Buddhism, Christianity) nun

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
尼	僧

Noun

尼僧 • (iseung) (hangeul 이승)

Hanja form^? of 이승.

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