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姑
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coi3 gu1
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cài gū
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun, Taiwanese-Hokkien
Buddhist nun
noun, Min-Nan
vegetarian female Buddhist
Examples (Wiktionary)
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."