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嗫

niè

Character Traditional 囁

What 嗫 means

1. move the mouth as in speaking

Words starting with 嗫

• 嗫嚅niè rúto stammer; to mumble; to speak haltingly
• 嗫嗫niè niètalkative; light and soft (of voice)
• 嗫呫niè tièto whisper

Words containing 嗫

• 趑趄嗫嚅zī jū niè rúfaltering steps, mumbling speech (idiom); hesitant; cringing; to cower
• 趦趄嗫嚅zī jū niè rúfaltering steps; mumbling speech; hesitant
• 呫嗫tiè niè(onomatopoeia) muttering; to whisper; mouthing words

Characters built on 聂

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

• 蹑nièto walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)
• 镊niè(bound form) tweezers; to use tweezers…
• 颞nièbones of the temple (on the human head); see 颞颥, temple

Sounds the same

Read niè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 涅(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye); (literary) to dye black
• 孽son born of a concubine; disaster; sin
• 聂to whisper
• 镊(bound form) tweezers; to use tweezers…
• 镍nickel (chemistry)
• 啮to gnaw; to erode
• 蹑to walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)
• 颞bones of the temple (on the human head); see 颞颥, temple
• 臬guidepost; rule; standard
• 蘖new shoot growing from cut branch or stump
• 摰to seize with the hand; to grasp; to advance
• 陧dangerous