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怩

ní

Character

What 怩 means

1. used in {忸怩|niǔ ní}

Words containing 怩

• 忸怩niǔ níbashful; blushing
• 忸忸怩怩niǔ niǔ ní nítimid; bashful
• 颜厚有忸怩yán hòu yǒu niǔ níeven the most brazen person will sometimes feel shame (idiom)

Characters built on 尼

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

• 妮nīgirl; phonetic "ni" (in female names); Taiwan pr. ní
• 泥nímud; clay; paste
• 昵nìfamiliar; intimate; to approach
• 铌níniobium (chemistry)
• 旎nǐused in 旖旎
• 坭nívariant of 泥
• 伲nì(dialect) I; my; we

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)
• 倪(literary) small child; (literary) limit; bound; extremity; (literary) to differentiate
• 铌niobium (chemistry)
• 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