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昵

nì

Character Traditional 暱

What 昵 means

1. familiar
2. intimate
3. to approach

Other readings

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

• nìvariant of {昵|nì}

Example sentences

• 你的昵称是什么？
  Nǐ de nì chēng shì shénme?
  What is your nickname?
• 您的昵名非常美。
  Nín de nì míng fēicháng měi.
  Your nickname is quite lovely.
• 我用我的昵称"Itch"。
  Wǒ yòng wǒ de nìchēng "Itch".
  I go by the nickname "Itch."

Words starting with 昵

• 昵称nì chēngnickname; diminutive; term of endearment
• 昵爱nì àito love dearly; intimacy; close love
• 昵比nì bǐintimate

Words containing 昵

• 亲昵qīn nìintimate
• 爱昵ài nìintimate; loving
• 亵昵xiè nìdisrespectful; overly familiar
• 狎昵xiá nìintimate; taking liberties; familiar (with a negative connotation)

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
• 铌níniobium (chemistry)
• 旎nǐused in 旖旎
• 怩níused in 忸怩
• 坭nívariant of 泥
• 伲nì(dialect) I; my; we

Characters that look like 昵

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

• 统tǒngto gather; to unite; to unify
• 脆cuìbrittle; fragile; crisp
• 晓xiǎodawn; daybreak; to know
• 朕zhèn(used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we"); (literary) omen
• 觊jìto covet; to long for
• 砚yànink-stone

Sounds the same

Read nì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 逆contrary; opposite; backwards
• 腻greasy; soft; unctuous
• 泥restrained
• 溺to drown; to indulge; addicted to
• 匿to hide
• 睨to look askance at
• 伲(dialect) I; my; we
• 衵women's undergarments
• 堄parapet
• 惄distressed; famished
• 秜early-maturing rice
• 氼old variant of 溺