尼姑 ní gū Buddhist nun syn 出家人 chū jiā rén monk / nun (Buddhist or Daoist) syn 袈裟 jiā shā kasaya (robe of a Buddhist monk or nun) (loanword from Sanskrit) syn 比丘尼 bǐ qiū ní Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni") syn 法衣 fǎ yī robe of a Buddhist priest / ceremonial garment of a Daoist priest / robe of a judge, nun, priest etc / cassock / vestment syn 尼 ní Buddhist nun / (often used in phonetic spellings) syn 衹 qí robe of a Buddhist monk or nun 拜忏 拜懺 bài chàn to hold a daytime Buddhist mass / (of a monk or nun) to read scripture to atone for sb's sins 看破红尘 看破紅塵 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 syn 师太 師太 shī tài elderly Buddhist nun 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 没法儿 沒法兒 méi fǎ r (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ... / it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) syn 佛经 佛經 fó jīng Buddhist texts / Buddhist scripture syn 佛学 佛學 fó xué Buddhist doctrine / Buddhist studies 须弥 須彌 xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues 香客 xiāng kè Buddhist pilgrim / Buddhist worshipper 禅机 禪機 chán jī Buddhist allegorical word or gesture / subtleties of Buddhist doctrine syn 佛典 fó diǎn Buddhist scriptures / Buddhist classics 偈 jì Buddhist hymn / gatha / Buddhist verse 菴 ān variant of 庵 / hut / Buddhist convent / small Buddhist temple 竺学 竺學 zhú xué Buddhist doctrine (archaic) / Buddhist studies 须弥山 須彌山 xū mí shān Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues 区域佛教带头倡议 Regional Buddhist Leadership Initiative / Buddhist Leadership Initiative 佛媛 fó yuán Buddhist griftress (female Internet influencer who exploits Buddhist imagery for self-promotion or commercial purposes) 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 出家 chū jiā to enter monastic life / to become a monk or nun syn 修女 xiū nǚ nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches) 嬷嬷 嬤嬤 mó mo (dialect) elderly lady / wet nurse / Catholic nun syn 道姑 dào gū Daoist nun 削发 削髮 xuē fà to shave one's head / fig. to become a monk or nun / to take the tonsure syn 姑 gū paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary) syn 示寂 shì jì to pass away (of a monk or nun) 黁 nún warm and fragrant 一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn 大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini 奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn 促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 炸 zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn 熊 xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn 垫补 墊補 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack syn 蹦跶 蹦躂 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life) 跟手 gēn shǒu (coll.) while doing it / on the way through / (coll.) immediately / at once / (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements syn 过节儿 過節兒 guò jié r (coll.) grudge / strife / (coll.) good manners 𪨊 㞞 sóng (coll.) semen / (coll.) weak and incompetent 榆木脑袋 榆木腦袋 yú mù nǎo dai (coll.) thickhead / (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead) 念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of) / to cherish the memory of / aspiration / desire / sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 念想儿 念想兒 niàn xiang r (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 串串 chuàn chuàn (coll.) skewers / barbecued food on sticks / (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1]) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat) / mutt / mixed-breed cat 说法 說法 shuō fǎ to expound Buddhist teachings syn 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead syn 长老 長老 zhǎng lǎo elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk syn 和尚 hé shang Buddhist monk syn 金刚 金剛 jīn gāng diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography) syn 法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn 雕塑 diāo sù a statue / a Buddhist image / sculpture / to carve 飞天 飛天 fēi tiān flying Apsara (Buddhist art) 丛林 叢林 cóng lín jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery syn 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 觉悟 覺悟 jué wù to come to understand / to realize / consciousness / awareness / Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda) syn 护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor) 佛法 fó fǎ Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) / Buddhist doctrine syn 佛祖 fó zǔ Buddha / founder of a buddhist sect 佛像 fó xiàng Buddhist image / statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva / CL:尊[zun1], 張|张[zhang1] syn 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 禅师 禪師 chán shī honorific title for a Buddhist monk syn 大雄 dà xióng great hero / main Buddhist image (in temple) 取经 取經 qǔ jīng to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures / to learn by studying another's experience 方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber syn 石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) 道场 道場 dào chǎng Taoist or Buddhist rite / abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场[Pu2 ti2 dao4 chang3] syn 无我 無我 wú wǒ anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self") 舍利 shè lì ashes after cremation / Buddhist relics (Sanskirt: sarira) 南无 南無 nā mó Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit) / Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2] 顿悟 頓悟 dùn wù a flash of realization / the truth in a flash / a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist) syn 天竺 tiān zhú the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) 比丘 bǐ qiū Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu") 苦海 kǔ hǎi lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery syn 佛家 fó jiā Buddhism / Buddhist 圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine syn 念经 念經 niàn jīng to recite or chant Buddhist scripture syn 三昧 sān mèi Samadhi (Buddhist term) syn 九华山 九華山 jiǔ huá shān Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains 布施 bù shī Dana (Buddhist practice of giving) syn 三藏 sān zàng Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries 济公 濟公 jì gōng Jigong or Daoji (1130-1207), Southern Song Dynasty Buddhist monk 住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk syn 正殿 zhèng diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 沙门 沙門 shā mén monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India) / Buddhist monk syn 古刹 古剎 gǔ chà old Buddhist temple 佛爷 佛爺 fó ye Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] syn 