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在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])
贫尼 pín ní (humble) I (used by Buddhist nuns)
师太 shī tài elderly Buddhist nun
僧尼 sēng ní (Buddhist) monks and nuns
出家 chū jiā to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun
圆寂 yuán jì (of a Buddhist monk or nun) to pass away; to die
姑子 gū zi husband's sister / (coll.) Buddhist nun
削发 xuē fà to shave one's head / fig. to become a monk or nun / to take the tonsure
比丘尼 bǐ qiū ní Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni")
修女 xiū nǚ nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
嬷嬷 mó mo (dialect) elderly lady / wet nurse / Catholic nun
尼姑 ní gū Buddhist nun
道姑 dào gū Daoist nun
法衣 fǎ yī robe of a Buddhist priest / ceremonial garment of a Daoist priest / robe of a judge, nun, priest etc / cassock / vestment
姑 gū paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary)
出家人 chū jiā rén monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist)
尼 ní Buddhist nun / (often used in phonetic spellings)
看破红尘 kàn pò hóng chén (idiom) to see through the illusions of the material world (often a precursor to becoming a Buddhist monk or nun); to become disillusioned with human society
拜忏 bài chàn to hold a daytime Buddhist mass; (of a monk or nun) to read scripture to atone for sb's sins
衹 qí robe of a Buddhist monk or nun
袈裟 jiā shā kasaya (robe of a Buddhist monk or nun) (loanword from Sanskrit)
示寂 shì jì to pass away (of a monk or nun)
黁 nún warm and fragrant
重整奥思定会 Zhòng zhěng Ào sī dìng huì Order of Augustinian Recollects, a mendicant Catholic religious order of friars and nuns


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