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尼

ní

Character

What 尼 means

1. Buddhist nun
2. (often used in phonetic spellings)

Example sentences

• 雅尼吃苹果。
  Yanni ate an apple.
• 东尼，说话。
  Ton, speak.
• 他喜欢迪士尼。
  Tā xǐhuan Díshìní.
  He likes Disney.
• 悉尼比墨尔本好
  Xīní bǐ Mò'ěrběn hǎo
  Sydney is better than Melbourne.
• 马尼拉在哪里？
  Mǎnílā zài nǎlǐ?
  Where is Manila?
• 我找到了托尼。
  I found Tony.

Words starting with 尼

• 尼泊尔Ní bó ěrNepal
• 尼斯Ní sīNice (city in France)
• 尼姑ní gūBuddhist nun
• 尼采Ní cǎiFriedrich Nietzsche (1846–1900), German philosopher
• 尼克松Ní kè sōngRichard Nixon (1913–1994), US president 1969–1974
• 尼罗河Ní luó Héthe Nile (river in northeastern Africa)
• 尼龙ní lóng(loanword) nylon
• 尼日利亚Ní rì lì yàNigeria
• 尼玛ní mǎ(net slang) alternative for 你妈; (transcription from Tibetan) the sun
• 尼古丁ní gǔ dīng(loanword) nicotine
• 尼尔森Ní ěr sēnNielsen or Nelson (name)
• 尼人Ní rénNeanderthal (abbr. for 尼安德特人
• 尼日Ní rìNiger (Tw)
• 尼特ní tènit (symbol: nt), unit of luminance (loanword)
• 尼亚美Ní yà měiNiamey, capital of Niger
• 尼日尔Ní rì ěrNiger (country in West Africa); Niger River, West Africa
• 尼科西亚Ní kē xī yàNicosia, capital of Cyprus
• 尼格罗ní gé luónegro (loanword)
• 尼德兰Ní dé lánthe Netherlands
• 尼安德特人Ní ān dé tè rénNeanderthal man
• 尼哥ní gē(loanword) nigger
• 尼特族ní tè zú(Taiwan) (neologism c. 2007) young person who is not studying, working or being trained…
• 尼希米记Ní xī mǐ JìBook of Nehemiah
• 尼安德塔人Ní ān dé tǎ rénNeanderthal man

Words containing 尼

• 印尼Yìn níIndonesia (abbr. for 印度尼西亚
• 索尼Suǒ níSony
• 威尼斯Wēi ní sīVenice; Venezia
• 悉尼Xī níSydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia
• 慕尼黑Mù ní hēiMünchen or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
• 罗马尼亚Luó mǎ ní yàRomania
• 托尼Tuō ní(name) Tony
• 印度尼西亚Yìn dù ní xī yàIndonesia
• 释迦牟尼Shì jiā móu níShakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
• 吉尼斯Jí ní sī(name) Guinness
• 比基尼bǐ jī ní(loanword) bikini
• 加利福尼亚Jiā lì fú ní yàCalifornia
• 泰坦尼克号Tài tǎn ní kè HàoRMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912
• 肯尼亚Kěn ní yàKenya
• 马尼拉Mǎ ní lāManila, capital of Philippines
• 哈尼hā níhoney (term of endearment) (loanword)
• 逊尼派Xùn ní pàiSunni sect (of Islam)
• 爱沙尼亚Ài shā ní yàEstonia
• 墨索里尼Mò suǒ lǐ níBenito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943
• 阿尔巴尼亚Ā ěr bā ní yàAlbania
• 突尼斯Tū ní sīTunisia; Tunis, capital of Tunisia
• 坦桑尼亚Tǎn sāng ní yàTanzania
• 伯尔尼Bó ěr níBern, capital of Switzerland
• 摩尼教Mó ní jiàoManichaeism

Characters that look like 尼

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

• 尽jìnto use up; to exhaust; to end
• 危wēidanger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 兄xiōngelder brother
• 厄èdistressed
• 甩shuǎito throw; to fling; to swing
• 尻kāo(literary) buttocks; rump; coccyx; sacrum

Sounds the same

Read ní, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 泥mud; clay; paste
• 霓Japanese cicada; old variant of 霓
• 呢dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
• 倪(literary) small child; (literary) limit; bound; extremity; (literary) to differentiate
• 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