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聂

niè

Character Traditional 聶

What 聂 means

1. to whisper

Other readings

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

• Nièsurname Nie

Words starting with 聂

• 聂耳Niè ĚrNie Er (1912-1935), musician and composer of the PRC national anthem March of the…
• 聂荣县Niè róng XiànNyainrong, a county in Nagqu City 那曲市
• 聂卫平Niè Wèi píngNie Weiping (1952–), Chinese professional Go player
• 聂姆曹娃Niè mǔ cáo wáBožena Němcová (1820-1862), Czech writer
• 聂拉木县Niè lā mù XiànNyalam, a county in Shigatse City 日喀则市
• 聂荣Niè róngsee 聂荣县
• 聂拉木Niè lā mùsee 聂拉木县

Characters that look like 聂

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

• 虽suīalthough; even though
• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 悬xuánto hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement
• 晟shèngbrightness of sun; splendor; also pr. chéng
• 恿yǒngused in 怂恿
• 曷héwhy; how; when

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
• 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
• 嗫move the mouth as in speaking
• 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