尼僧

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

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• 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

1. (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 [nìsóó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) に​そー [níꜜsòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iso̞ː]

Noun

尼(に)僧(そう) • (nisō) 

1. (Buddhism, Christianity) nun

Korean

Hanja in this term
尼	僧

Noun

尼僧 • (iseung) (hangeul 이승)

1. Hanja form^? of 이승.