Definition

Examples

• 那座庙里住着三位尼姑。
  Nà zuò miào lǐ zhù zhe sān wèi ní gū.
  Three Buddhist nuns live in that temple.
• 这位尼姑每天早晨五点起床念经。
  Zhè wèi ní gū měi tiān zǎochén wǔ diǎn qǐchuáng niàn jīng.
  This Buddhist nun gets up at five every morning to chant sutras.
• 她出家当了尼姑，过上了清修的生活。
  Tā chūjiā dāng le ní gū, guò shàng le qīngxiū de shēnghuó.
  She left home to become a Buddhist nun and lives a life of ascetic practice.