gū 
		paternal aunt
husband's sister
husband's mother (old)
nun
for the time being (literary)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiū nǚ 
		nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chū jiā rén 
		monk
nun (Buddhist or Daoist)
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			xiū nǚ 
		nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			ní 
		Buddhist nun
(often used in phonetic spellings)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chū jiā 
		to leave home (to become a Buddhist monk or nun)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xuē fà 
		to shave one's head
fig. to become a monk or nun
to take the tonsure
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ qiū ní 
		Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni")
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì jì 
		to pass away (of a monk or nun)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fǎ yī 
		robe of a Buddhist priest
ceremonial garment of a Daoist priest
robe of a judge, nun, priest etc
cassock
vestment
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mó mo 
		(dialect) elderly lady
wet nurse
Catholic nun
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gū zi 
		husband's sister
(coll.) Buddhist nun