尼僧

尼僧

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nísēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄙㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ zang¹, nei⁴ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nísēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄙㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niseng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níseng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ sɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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

1. (Buddhism) Buddhist nun

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iso̞ː]

Noun

尼僧 (hiragana にそう, rōmaji nisō)

1. Buddhist nun
2. Christian nun

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Korean

Hanja in this term
尼	僧

Noun

尼僧 • (iseung) (hangeul 이승)

1. Hanja form^? of 이승.