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Jyutping coi3 gu1
Pinyin cài gū

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Taiwanese-Hokkien
    Buddhist nun
  2. noun, Min-Nan
    vegetarian female Buddhist
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    她说:“剃头不好看;我要做菜姑。三不五时还可以去看歌仔戏、歌剧。”
    她说:“剃头不好看;我要做菜姑。三不五时还可以去看歌仔戏、歌剧。”
    From : 2005 December 20 , 釋悟因 , 戰後佛教在台灣 — — 佛教面對現代挑戰的回應 , yin 香光莊嚴雜誌 , issue 84 , pa ge 19
    • She said, "Shaving the head bald doesn't look good; I want to be a vegetarian Buddhist. From time to time I can even go see operas."