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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
伯母 see styles |
bó mǔ bo2 mu3 po mu uba うば |
wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother); CL:個|个[ge4] aunt; (surname) Uba |
叔母 see styles |
shū mǔ shu1 mu3 shu mu shukubo しゅくぼ oba おば |
aunt; wife of father's younger brother aunt |
姑 see styles |
gū gu1 ku sachimi さちみ |
paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) (See 舅) mother-in-law; (personal name) Sachimi Paternal aunt, husband's sister, a nun; to tolerate; however; leave. |
姨 see styles |
yí yi2 i |
mother's sister; aunt |
娘 see styles |
niáng niang2 niang musume(p); ko むすめ(P); こ |
mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate (1) daughter; (2) girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman) Lady, wife, mother, aunt. |
佛母 see styles |
fó mǔ fo2 mu3 fo mu butsubo |
(1) The mother of the Buddha, Mahāmāyā, 摩耶 Māyā, or Mātṛkā. (2) His aunt who was his foster-mother. (3) The Dharma or Law which produced him. (4) The prajñā-pāramitā, mother or begetter of all Buddhas. (5) Other "Buddha-mothers", e.g. 准提佛母; 孔雀佛母, etc. Cf. 佛眼. |
叔婆 see styles |
shū pó shu1 po2 shu p`o shu po |
aunt by marriage; husband's aunt; husband's father's younger brother's wife |
大姨 see styles |
dà yí da4 yi2 ta i |
aunt (mother's eldest sister); (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) |
大娘 see styles |
dà niáng da4 niang2 ta niang |
(coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address) |
大媽 大妈 see styles |
dà mā da4 ma1 ta ma |
father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) |
姑丈 see styles |
gū zhàng gu1 zhang4 ku chang |
husband of paternal aunt |
姑夫 see styles |
gū fu gu1 fu5 ku fu |
father's sister's husband; husband of paternal aunt; uncle |
姑姑 see styles |
gū gu gu1 gu5 ku ku |
paternal aunt; CL:個|个[ge4] |
姑娘 see styles |
gū niang gu1 niang5 ku niang kuunyan; kuunyan / kunyan; kunyan クーニャン; クウニャン |
girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old); CL:個|个[ge4] girl (esp. Chinese) (chi: gūniang); young unmarried woman |
姑媽 姑妈 see styles |
gū mā gu1 ma1 ku ma |
(coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt |
姑母 see styles |
gū mǔ gu1 mu3 ku mu |
father's sister; paternal aunt |
姑父 see styles |
gū fu gu1 fu5 ku fu |
father's sister's husband; husband of paternal aunt; uncle |
姨娘 see styles |
yí niáng yi2 niang2 i niang |
maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) |
姨媽 姨妈 see styles |
yí mā yi2 ma1 i ma |
(coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt |
姨母 see styles |
yí mǔ yi2 mu3 i mu |
mother's sister; maternal aunt |
娘娘 see styles |
niáng niang niang2 niang5 niang niang nyannyan ニャンニャン |
queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt Niangniang (chi:); Chinese goddess |
嬸嬸 婶婶 see styles |
shěn shen shen3 shen5 shen shen |
wife of father's younger brother; aunt |
嬸子 婶子 see styles |
shěn zi shen3 zi5 shen tzu |
(coll.) father's younger brother's wife; aunt |
嬸母 婶母 see styles |
shěn mǔ shen3 mu3 shen mu |
wife of father's younger brother; aunt |
從母 从母 see styles |
cóng mǔ cong2 mu3 ts`ung mu tsung mu |
maternal aunt |
舅媽 舅妈 see styles |
jiù mā jiu4 ma1 chiu ma |
(coll.) aunt; maternal uncle's wife |
舅母 see styles |
jiù mǔ jiu4 mu3 chiu mu |
wife of mother's brother; aunt; maternal uncle's wife |
阿姨 see styles |
ā yí a1 yi2 a i |
maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child); CL:個|个[ge4] |
八敬戒 see styles |
bā jìng jiè ba1 jing4 jie4 pa ching chieh hakkyōkai |
The eight commands given by the Buddha to his foster-mother, i.e. aunt, when she was admitted to the order, and which remain as commands to nuns: (1) even though a hundred years old a nun must pay respect to a monk, however young, and offer her seat to him; (2) must never scold a monk; (3) never accuse, or speak of his misdeeds; but a monk may speak of hers; (4) at his hands obtain reception into the order; (5) confess sin (sexual or other) before the assembly of monks and nuns; (6) ask the fraternity for a monk as preceptor; (7) never share the same summer resort with monks; (8) after the summer retreat she must report and ask for a responsible confessor. Also 八敬法; 八不可越法 (or 八不可過法) ; 八尊重法; v. 四分律 48. |
叔丈母 see styles |
shū zhàng mǔ shu1 zhang4 mu3 shu chang mu |
wife's aunt |
大伯母 see styles |
oooba おおおば |
grandaunt; great-aunt |
大叔母 see styles |
oooba おおおば |
grandaunt; great-aunt |
大姨媽 大姨妈 see styles |
dà yí mā da4 yi2 ma1 ta i ma |
mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother); (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period) |
大愛道 大爱道 see styles |
dà ài dào da4 ai4 dao4 ta ai tao Daiai dō |
Mahā prajāpatī, 摩訶波闍波提 Gautama's aunt and foster-mother, also styled Gotami or Gautami, the first woman received into the order. There are sutras known by her name. 大愛 is also a name for the sea-god. |
大生主 see styles |
dà shēng zhǔ da4 sheng1 zhu3 ta sheng chu Daishōshu |
Mahāprajāpatī 摩訶波闍婆提, great "lady of the living", the older translation being 大愛道 the great way (or exemplar) of love; also 衆主 head of the community (of nuns), i.e. Gautami the aunt and nurse of Śākyamuni, the first nun. She is to be reborn as a Buddha named Sarvasattvapriyadarśanā. |
好朋友 see styles |
hǎo péng you hao3 peng2 you5 hao p`eng yu hao peng yu |
good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) |
姑奶奶 see styles |
gū nǎi nai gu1 nai3 nai5 ku nai nai |
paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister); (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter; (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I; me; this lady here; (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach |
姑姥姥 see styles |
gū lǎo lao gu1 lao3 lao5 ku lao lao |
mother's father's sister (coll.); great aunt |
姨奶奶 see styles |
yí nǎi nai yi2 nai3 nai5 i nai nai |
father's mother's sister (coll.); great aunt |
姨姥姥 see styles |
yí lǎo lao yi2 lao3 lao5 i lao lao |
mother's mother's sister; great-aunt |
憍曇彌 憍昙弥 see styles |
jiāo tán mí jiao1 tan2 mi2 chiao t`an mi chiao tan mi Kyōtonmi |
憍答彌; 倶答彌 Gautamī, feminine of the patronymic Gautama, the family name of Śākyamuni. Gautamī is a name for Mahāprājapatī, his aunt and nurse, who in the Lotus Sūtra is predicted to become Buddha. |
比丘尼 see styles |
bǐ qiū ní bi3 qiu1 ni2 pi ch`iu ni pi chiu ni bikuni びくに |
Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni") (1) bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun) (san: bhiksuni); (2) (hist) travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); (3) (hist) lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); (4) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 科負い比丘尼) female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts 苾芻尼; 尼姑 bhikṣuṇī. A nun, or almswoman. The first woman to be ordained was the Buddha's aunt Mahāprajāpatī, who had nursed him. In the fourteenth year after his enlightenment the Buddha yielded to persuasion and admitted his aunt and women to his order of religious mendicants, but said that the admission of women would shorten the period of Buddhism by 500 years. The nun, however old, must acknowledge the superiority of every monk; must never scold him or tell his faults; must never accuse him, though he may accuse her; and must in all respects obey the rules as commanded by him. She accepts all the rules for the monks with additional rules for her own order. Such is the theory rather than the practice. The title by which Mahāprajāpatī was addressed was applied to nuns, i. e. ārya, or noble, 阿姨, though some consider the Chinese term entirely native. |
波婆利 see styles |
bō pó lì bo1 po2 li4 po p`o li po po li Habari |
(or 波和利) Pravarī, or perhaps Pravara, woollen or hairy cloth, name of a monastery, the 波婆梨奄婆. Also 波婆利or 波婆離 name of a maternal aunt of Maitreya. |
瞿曇彌 瞿昙弥 see styles |
jù tán mí ju4 tan2 mi2 chü t`an mi chü tan mi Gudonmi |
Gautamī, the feminine of Gautama, especially applied to the aunt and nurse of Śākyamuni, who is also known as Mahāprājapatī, v. 摩. |
祖姑母 see styles |
zǔ gū mǔ zu3 gu1 mu3 tsu ku mu |
father's father's sister; great aunt |
鉢囉惹 钵囉惹 see styles |
bō luó rě bo1 luo2 re3 po lo je Harasha |
(鉢囉惹鉢多曳) Prājapati, 'lord of creatures,' 'bestower of progeny,' 'creator'; tr. as 生主 lord of life, or production, and intp. as Brahmā. Also, v. Mahāprajāpatī, name of the Buddha's aunt and nurse. |
アーント see styles |
aando / ando アーンド |
aunt; (personal name) Arndt |
おばはん see styles |
obahan おばはん |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (ksb:) aunt; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) middle-aged lady |
伯叔祖母 see styles |
bó shū zǔ mǔ bo2 shu1 zu3 mu3 po shu tsu mu |
father's father's brother's wife; great aunt |
伯母さん see styles |
obasan おばさん |
(honorific or respectful language) (familiar language) (kana only) aunt |
伯母者人 see styles |
obajahito おばじゃひと |
(archaism) aunt |
叔母さん see styles |
obasan おばさん |
(honorific or respectful language) (familiar language) (kana only) aunt |
叔母者人 see styles |
obajahito おばじゃひと |
(archaism) aunt |
波闍波提 波阇波提 see styles |
bō shé bō tí bo1 she2 bo1 ti2 po she po t`i po she po ti Pajapadai |
Prajāpatī, 波闍鉢提 (波邏闍鉢提) aunt and nurse of the Buddha, v. 摩訶. |
人生相談欄 see styles |
jinseisoudanran / jinsesodanran じんせいそうだんらん |
advice column; agony aunt column |
摩訶憍曇彌 摩诃憍昙弥 see styles |
mó hē jiāo tán mí mo2 he1 jiao1 tan2 mi2 mo ho chiao t`an mi mo ho chiao tan mi Makakyōdonmi |
Mahāgautamī, aunt and nurse of Śākyamuni. Cf. 憍. |
摩訶波闍波提 摩诃波阇波提 see styles |
mó hē bō shé bō tí mo2 he1 bo1 she2 bo1 ti2 mo ho po she po t`i mo ho po she po ti Makapajapadai |
Mahāprajāpatī, title of aunt and nurse of Śākyamuni; reputed as the first abbess; according to the Lotus she is to become a Buddha, under the title of Sarvasattva-priya-darśana. Also摩訶鉢剌闍鉢底; cf. 憍 Gautamī. |
一切衆生喜見佛 一切众生喜见佛 see styles |
yī qiè zhòng shēng xǐ jiàn fó yi1 qie4 zhong4 sheng1 xi3 jian4 fo2 i ch`ieh chung sheng hsi chien fo i chieh chung sheng hsi chien fo Issai shujō kiken butsu |
Sarvasattva-priya-darśana. The Buddha at whose appearance all beings rejoice. (1) A fabulous Bodhisattva who destroyed himself by fire and when reborn burned both arms to cinders, an act described in the Lotus Sūtra as the highest form of sacrifice. Reborn as Bhaiṣajyarāja 藥王. (2) The name under which Buddha's aunt, Mahāprajāpatī, is to be reborn as Buddha. |
Variations: |
oooba おおおば |
grandaunt; great-aunt |
Variations: |
obasan おばさん |
(honorific or respectful language) (familiar language) (kana only) (伯母さん is older than one's parent and 叔母さん is younger) aunt |
Variations: |
oba(p); hakubo(伯母); shukubo(叔母) おば(P); はくぼ(伯母); しゅくぼ(叔母) |
(伯母 can mean older and 叔母 can mean younger than one's parent) (See 伯父・おじ) aunt |
Variations: |
obajahito おばじゃひと |
(archaism) (者 is ateji) aunt |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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