嬷嬷 嬤嬤 mó mo (dialect) elderly lady / wet nurse / Catholic nun syn 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 姑子 gū zi husband's sister / (coll.) Buddhist nun syn 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 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) 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 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 老年人 lǎo nián rén old people / the elderly syn 养老 養老 yǎng lǎo to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement syn 老年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years syn 老者 lǎo zhě old man / elderly man syn 老太太 lǎo tài tai elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:位[wei4] syn 收养 收養 shōu yǎng to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption syn 老爷子 老爺子 lǎo yé zi my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 高龄 高齡 gāo líng elderly syn 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife syn 老朽 lǎo xiǔ decrepit and behind the times / old / useless / (humble) I / me (used by the elderly) syn 寿星 壽星 shòu xīng god of longevity / elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated syn 祝寿 祝壽 zhù shòu to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person) syn 老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn 老太爷 老太爺 lǎo tài yé elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father syn 敬老 jìng lǎo to respect the elderly syn 阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather 阿嬷 阿嬤 ā mā (Tw) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. [a-má]) 拜寿 拜壽 bài shòu congratulate an elderly person on his birthday / offer birthday felicitations syn 奉养 奉養 fèng yǎng to look after (elderly parents) / Taiwan pr. [feng4yang4] syn 扶老携幼 扶老攜幼 fú lǎo xié yòu taking everyone along, young and old / to look after the elderly and the young syn 母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn 黄昏恋 黃昏戀 huáng hūn liàn fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life 做寿 做壽 zuò shòu to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person) syn 翁 wēng elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) syn 耇 gǒu wrinkled face of the elderly 老大妈 老大媽 lǎo dà mā "Madam" (affectionate term for an elderly woman) / CL:位[wei4] syn 中老年人 zhōng lǎo nián rén middle-aged and elderly people syn 白托 bái tuō day care for the elderly (abbr. of 白天托管[bai2 tian1 tuo1 guan3]) / to be blinded by greed / swindler (homonym of 拜託|拜托[bai4 tuo1]) 绕膝 繞膝 rào xī (children) run around parent's knees / fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents 护老者 護老者 hù lǎo zhě carer of elderly persons / aged care worker 老年人保健方案 lǎo nián rén bǎo jiàn fāng àn Programme on Health of the Elderly 欧洲老年人福利联合会 歐洲老年人福利聯合會 European Federation for the Welfare of the Elderly 国际老年人协会联合会 國際老年人協會聯合會 International Federation of Associations of the Elderly 老龄妇女和老年妇女参与发展专家组会议 老齡婦女和老年婦女參與發展專家組會議 Expert Group Meeting on the integration of ageing and elderly women into development 欧洲退休和老年人联合会 歐洲退休和老年人聯合會 European Federation of Retired and Elderly Persons 国际老人组织联合会 國際老人組織聯合會 International Federation of Organizations of the Elderly 老人药品 老人藥品 Drugs for the elderly 非洲老龄和老年人行动计划 非洲老齡和老年人行動計劃 African Plan of Action for the Aging and the Elderly 老年女性 elderly women / older women 老年妇女 老年婦女 elderly women / older women 残疾人和老年人无障碍环境专家组会议 殘疾人和老年人無障礙環境專家組會議 Expert Group Meeting on Non-handicapping Environments for Disabled and Elderly Persons 上有老下有小 shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom) / fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children / sandwich generation 安养 安養 ān yǎng to foster / to provide care (esp. for the elderly) 艾老 ài lǎo (literary) person aged over fifty / elderly person 健在 jiàn zài (of an elderly person) alive and in good health / (of a thing) intact / holding up OK / still going strong syn 弃养 棄養 qì yǎng to abandon (a child, elderly family member, pet etc) / (literary) (of one's parents) to pass away 适老化 適老化 shì lǎo huà to make (products, living spaces etc) suitable for the elderly / (attributive) senior-friendly / elder-accessible 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 