庵子

Chinese

		hut; Buddhist convent; small Buddhist temple	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (庵子)		庵	子
simp. #(庵子)		庵	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: anzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: ān-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an.tzy
    • Palladius: аньцзы (anʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Noun

庵子

1. (regional) thatched hut
2. (regional) Buddhist nunnery

Synonyms

• (thatched hut):

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• 茅厝 (mê-chio̤̿) (Northern Min)
• 茅屋 (máowū)
• 茅廬 / 茅庐 (máolú) (formal)
• 茅舍 (máoshè) (formal)
• 草厝仔 (Hokkien)
• 草屋 (cǎowū)

• (Buddhist nunnery):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		尼姑庵, 庵堂, 庵子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	姑子庵兒
	Taiwan	尼姑庵, 庵堂
	Harbin	姑子廟
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	尼姑庵兒, 姑子廟兒, 姑子庵兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	姑姑兒庵兒
	Wanrong	姑姑庵
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	師姑庵
	Yangzhou	庵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	師姑庵
	Hong Kong	師姑庵, 尼姑庵, 庵堂
	Dongguan	師姑庵
Gan	Nanchang	尼姑庵
	Lichuan	庵堂, 佛庵
Hakka	Yudu	庵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	庵堂
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	庵堂
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	庵堂
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	庵堂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	庵堂
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	菜堂
Huizhou	Jixi	尼姑庵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	庵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	尼姑庵, 庵
Southern Min	Xiamen	尼姑庵, 菜堂
	Zhao'an	尼姑庵
	Taipei	尼姑庵
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	尼姑庵
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	尼姑庵
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	尼姑庵
	Yilan	尼姑庵
	Yilan (Toucheng)	尼姑庵
	Changhua (Lukang)	尼姑庵
	Taichung	尼姑庵
	Tainan	尼姑庵
	Tainan (Anping)	尼姑庵
	Hsinchu	尼姑庵
	Kinmen	尼姑庵
	Penghu (Magong)	尼姑庵
	Penghu (Xiyu)	尼姑庵
	Jieyang	齋堂
	Haikou	尼姑庵, 庵堂
Puxian Min	Putian	師姑寺
	Xianyou	阿姑寺
Wu	Shanghai	師姑堂, 庵堂, 尼姑庵
	Suzhou	師姑堂
	Danyang	師姑廟, 尼姑廟
	Ningbo	庵堂, 庵, 尼姑庵
	Wenzhou	師姑娘寮, 師姑娘堂, 庵
	Jinhua	尼姑寺

Dialectal synonyms of 尼姑庵 (“Buddhist nunnery”) [map]