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倪

ní

Character

What 倪 means

1. literarysmall child
2. literarylimit; bound; extremity
3. literaryto differentiate
4. literaryorigin; cause

Other readings

倪 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Nísurname Ni

Words starting with 倪

• 倪嗣冲Ní Sì chōngNi Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凯
• 倪桂珍Ní Guì zhēnNi Guizhen or Ni Kwei-Tseng (1869 - 1931), mother of Song Ailing 宋蔼龄
• 倪匡Ní KuāngNi Kuang (1935–2022), Chinese novelist and screenwriter
• 倪柝声Ní Tuò shēngNi Tuosheng or Watchman Nee (1903-1972), influential Chinese Christian

Words containing 倪

• 端倪duān níboundary; clue; indication
• 俾倪bǐ níparapet; to look askance
• 熊倪Xióng NíXiong Ni (1974-), Chinese diving athlete
• 不可端倪bù kě duān níimpossible to get even an outline (idiom); unfathomable; not a clue
• 狄俄倪索斯Dí é ní suǒ sīDionysus, the god of wine in Greek mythology
• 耄倪mào níold and young
• 一窥端倪yī kuī duān níto infer easily; to guess at a glance; to get a clue
• 旄倪mào nívariant of 耄倪

Characters built on 兒

These share the phonetic component 兒 (ér), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 霓níJapanese cicada; old variant of 霓
• 睨nìto look askance at
• 鲵níCryptobranchus japonicus; salamander
• 阋xìto argue; to quarrel
• 猊níused in 狻猊

Characters that look like 倪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 便biànplain; informal; suitable
• 恒héngpermanent; constant; fixed
• 烷wánalkane
• 徕láiused in 招徕
• 惋wǎnto sigh in regret or pity; Taiwan pr. wàn
• 俚lǐrustic; vulgar; unrefined

Sounds the same

Read ní, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 尼Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
• 泥mud; clay; paste
• 霓Japanese cicada; old variant of 霓
• 呢dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
• 铌niobium (chemistry)
• 怩used in 忸怩
• 鲵Cryptobranchus japonicus; salamander
• 秜self-sown rice
• 𫐐clamps for crossbar of carriage
• 麑fawn
• 𫠜teeth grown in old age
• 郳place name