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柠

níng

Character Traditional 檸

What 柠 means

1. used in {柠檬|níng méng}

Example sentences

• 柠檬很酸。
  Lemon is sour.
• 柠檬是酸的。
  Lemons are sour.
• 这些柠檬很新鲜
  Zhèxiē níngméng hěn xīnxiān
  These lemons are fresh.
• 柠檬是黄色的。
  The lemon is yellow.
• 这些柠檬很新鲜。
  These lemons are fresh.
• 给我泡杯柠檬茶。
  Bring me a glass of tea with lemon.

Words starting with 柠

• 柠檬níng ménglemon
• 柠檬汁níng méng zhīlemon juice
• 柠檬水níng méng shuǐlemonade
• 柠檬片níng méng piànslice of lemon
• 柠檬茶níng méng chálemon tea
• 柠檬草níng méng cǎolemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus)
• 柠檬酸níng méng suāncitric acid
• 柠檬鸡níng méng jīlemon chicken
• 柠檬酸循环níng méng suān xún huáncitric acid cycle; Krebs cycle; tricarboxylic acid cycle

Words containing 柠

• 青柠qīng nínglime (fruit)
• 青柠色qīng níng sèlime (color); greenish yellow
• 青柠檬qīng níng ménglime (fruit)

Characters built on 宁

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

• 拧níngto pinch; wring
• 泞nìngmuddy
• 狞níngfierce-looking
• 咛níngto enjoin
• 聍níngused in 耵聍

Characters that look like 柠

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

• 秤chēngto weigh (variant of 称
• 拧níngto pinch; wring
• 籽zǐseed (of a plant)
• 狞níngfierce-looking
• 捋lǚto smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers; to stroke
• 栉zhìcomb; to comb; to weed out

Sounds the same

Read níng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 凝to congeal; to concentrate attention; to stare
• 拧to pinch; wring
• 宁peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)
• 狞fierce-looking
• 咛to enjoin
• 聍used in 耵聍
• 儜weak; wearied; in distress
• 苧(used as a bound form in 苧烯; tangled; in disarray
• 寗old variant of 宁