Pinyin Dictionary results for "nī"

archaic variant of 你[ni3]; you
variant of 你[ni3]
(dialect) I; my; we; our
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])
surname Ni
(literary) small child; limit; bound; extremity; to differentiate; origin; cause
doubtful; suspicious; variant of 擬|拟[ni3]; to emulate; to imitate
old variant of 你[ni3]
to hide
woolen material
variant of 泥[ni2]
parapet
girl; phonetic 'ni' (in female names); Taiwan pr. [ni2]
you (female); variant of 你[ni3]
Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
shy; timid; bashful; to look ashamed
distressed; famished
to plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo-
fluttering of flags
variant of 暱|昵[ni4]
familiar; intimate; to approach
(tree); to stop
old variant of 溺[ni4]
mud; clay; paste; pulp
restrained
to drown; to indulge; addicted to; to spoil (a child)
(mythical animal); lion
to look askance at
greasy; soft; unctuous; intimate; tired of
luxuriant (of plants)
Japanese cicada; old variant of 霓[ni2]
women's undergarments
You; Thou (of deity); variant of 你[ni3]
wild beast; wild horse; lion; trad. form used erroneously for 貌; simplified form used erroneously for 狻
clamps for crossbar of carriage
contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel
place name
niobium (chemistry)
nihonium (chemistry)
secondary rainbow
Cryptobranchus japonicus; salamander
fawn
teeth grown in old age
你个头
(coll.) (suffix) my ass!; yeah, right!
你们
you (plural)
你好
Hello!; Hi!; How are you?
你情我愿
to both be willing; mutual consent
你我
you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general)
你死我活
lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries; two parties cannot coexist
你争我夺
lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter; fierce rivalry; tug-of-war
你看着办吧
You figure it out for yourself.; Do as you please.
你等
you all (archaic); see also 你們|你们[ni3 men5]
你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥
lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom); fig. you go your way, I'll go mine; you do it your way, I'll do it mine
你追我赶
friendly one-upmanship; to try to emulate
倪匡
Ni Kuang (1935-), Chinese novelist and screenwriter
倪嗣冲
Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 during his unsuccessful 1915 bid for Empire
倪柝声
Ni Tuosheng or Watchman Nee (1903-1972), influential Chinese Christian
倪桂珍
Ni Guizhen or Ni Kwei-Tseng (1869 - 1931), mother of Song Ailing 宋藹齡|宋蔼龄[Song4 Ai3 ling2], Song Qingling 宋慶齡|宋庆龄[Song4 Qing4 ling2] and Song Meiling 宋美齡|宋美龄[Song4 Mei3 ling2]
匿名
anonymous
匿报
to withhold information
匿影藏形
to hide from public view; to conceal one's identity; to lay low
匿迹
to go into hiding
呢呢
garrulous; talkative
呢呢痴痴
docile
呢喃
(onom.) twittering of birds; whispering; murmuring
呢喃细语
whispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring
呢子
woolen cloth
妮可·基德曼
Nicole Kidman (1967-), film actress
妮子
(coll.) lass; (dialect) little girl
妮维娅
Nivea, skin and body care brand
妮维雅
Nivea, skin and body care brand
尼亚加拉瀑布
Niagara Falls
尼亚美
Niamey, capital of Niger
尼克
Nick (name)
尼克松
Richard Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974; surname Nixon
尼克森
Nixon (name); Richard M Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974
尼加拉瀑布
Niagara Falls (Tw)
尼加拉瓜
Nicaragua
尼勒克
Nilka county or Nilqa nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
尼勒克县
Nilka county or Nilqa nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
尼厄丽德
Nereids (Greek sea nymphs, fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris); Nereid, moon of Neptune
尼古丁
nicotine (loanword)
尼古西亚
Nicosia, capital of Cyprus (Tw)
尼哥底母
Nicodemus, prominent Jew of the time of Christ, mentioned in the Gospel of John
尼姆
Nîmes (city in France)
尼姑
Buddhist nun
尼安德塔
Neanderthal (man)
尼安德塔人
Neanderthal man
尼安德特人
Neanderthal man
尼布楚条约
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
尼布甲尼撒
Nebuchadnezzar
尼希米记
Book of Nehemiah
尼康
Nikon corporation
尼德兰
the Netherlands
尼采
Friedrich Nietzsche (1846-1900), German philosopher
尼斯
Nice (city in France)
尼斯湖水怪
Loch Ness Monster
尼日
Niger (Tw)
尼日利亚
Nigeria
尼日尔
Niger (African state); Niger River, West Africa
尼日尔河
Niger River of West Africa
尼木
Nyêmo county, Tibetan: Snye mo rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[La1 sa4], Tibet
尼木县
Nyêmo county, Tibetan: Snye mo rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[La1 sa4], Tibet
尼格罗
negro (loanword)
尼桑
Nissan, Japanese car make (derived from 日產)
尼泊尔
Nepal
尼泊尔王国
Kingdom of Nepal
尼泊尔鹪鹛
(bird species of China) Nepal wren-babbler (Pnoepyga immaculata)
尼尔森
Nielsen or Nelson (name)
尼尔逊
Nelson or Nillson (name); Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero
尼玛
Nyima county, Tibetan: Nyi ma rdzong in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[Na4 qu3 di4 qu1], central Tibet
尼玛县
Nyima county, Tibetan: Nyi ma rdzong in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[Na4 qu3 di4 qu1], central Tibet
尼科西亚
Nicosia, capital of Cyprus
尼米兹
Chester William Nimitz (1885-1966), US admiral
尼米兹号
Nimitz class, US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 8 in commission since 1975
尼罗
the Nile
尼罗河
Nile (river)
尼苏
Nisu (language)
尼赫鲁
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), Indian politician, first prime minister 1947-1964
尼雅
Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD
尼雅河
Niya River in south Xinjiang
尼龙
nylon (loanword)
尼龙搭扣
nylon buckle; velcro
拟人
personification; anthropomorphism
拟作
to write in the style of some author; to write as if from the mouth of sb; a pastiche
拟具
to draft; to devise; to compose
拟古
to emulate a classic; to work in the style of a classic (author)
拟古之作
a work in a classic style; a pastiche
拟合
to fit (data to a model); a (close) fit
拟大朱雀
(bird species of China) streaked rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides)
拟定
to draw up; to draft; to formulate
拟态
(biol.) mimicry; (protective) mimicry; camouflage
拟于不伦
to draw an impossible comparison
拟游隼
(bird species of China) Barbary falcon (Falco pelegrinoides)
拟球
(math.) pseudosphere, a surface in ordinary space of constant negative curvature
拟稿
to draft (a statement)
拟声
onomatopoeia
拟声唱法
scat singing
拟声词
onomatopoeia
拟制
to copy (a model)
拟订
to draw up (a plan)
拟议
proposal; recommendation; to draft
拟阿拖品药物
atropinemimetic drug
拟音
to make a sound effect; sound effect
拟卤素
pseudohalogen, e.g. cyanogen (CN)2
昵爱
to love dearly; intimacy; close love
昵比
intimate
昵称
nickname; diminutive; term of endearment; to nickname
泥刀
trowel
泥古
stick-in-the-mud; to stick to old ways; stubbornly conservative
泥古不化
conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
泥土
earth; soil; mud; clay
泥坑
mud pit; mire; morass
泥垢
dirt; grime
泥塑
clay modeling; clay figurine or statue
泥涂轩冕
to despise titles and high offices
泥子
putty (used by plumbers and glaziers)
泥孩
clay doll
泥守
stubborn and conservative
泥封
to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute; lute; luting
泥岩
mudstone; shale
泥工
mason; masonry work
泥巴
mud
泥水
muddy water; mud; masonry (craft)
泥水匠
mason
泥沙
silt
泥沙俱下
mud and sand flow together (idiom); good and bad mingle
泥沼
swamp
泥淖
mud; muddy swamp; sump; fig. a sticky predicament
泥浆
slurry; mud
泥潭
quagmire
泥泞
muddy; mud
泥灰
lime plaster (construction)
泥炭
peat
泥炭藓
matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)
泥煤
peat
泥牛入海
lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
泥瓦匠
bricklayer; tiler; mason
泥盆纪
Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)
泥石流
landslide; torrent of mud and stones; mudslide
泥胎
clay idol
泥腿
peasant; yokel
泥腿子
peasant; yokel
泥菩萨
clay Bodhisattva
泥菩萨过江,自身难保
like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety; unable to save oneself, let alone others
泥质
muddy
泥质岩
mudstone (geology)
泥质页岩
mudstone
泥醉
blind drunk; drunk as drunk can be
泥金
to gild; gilt
泥铲
trowel
泥鳅
loach; mud fish; CL:條|条[tiao2]
溺婴
to drown a newborn baby (as method of infanticide)
溺爱
to spoil; to pamper; to dote on
溺死
to drown
溺水
to drown
溺职
to neglect one's duty; dereliction of duty
睨视
to look askance
腻人
greasy; boring
腻友
intimate friend
腻味
tired of sth; fed up with
腻子
putty (same as 泥子); frequent caller; hanger-on
腻歪
see 膩味|腻味[ni4 wei5]
腻烦
bored; to be fed up with; sick and tired of sth
逆来顺受
to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it; to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc
逆伦
unnatural relationship (parricide, incest etc); unfilial conduct; against social morals
逆光
backlighting (lighting design)
逆反
rebellious behavior; opposite; ob-
逆反心理
reverse psychology
逆反应
reverse reaction; counterreaction; inverse response
逆向
backwards; reverse direction
逆喻
oxymoron
逆回音
inverted turn (ornament in music)
逆境
adversity; predicament
逆天
to be in defiance of the natural order
逆夷
invaders (insulting term); foreign aggressors
逆子
unfilial son
逆定理
converse theorem (math.)
逆差
adverse trade balance; trade deficit
逆序
inverse order
逆心
unfavorable; undesired
逆戟鲸
(zoo.) orca; killer whale
逆料
to foresee; to predict
逆断层
reverse fault (geology); compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees
逆旅
guest-house; inn
逆映射
inverse map (math.)
逆时针
anticlockwise; counterclockwise
逆水
against the current; upstream
逆水行舟
lit. a boat going against the current (idiom); fig. you must work harder
逆水行舟,不进则退
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
逆流
against the stream; adverse current; a countercurrent; fig. reactionary tendency; to go against the trend
逆流溯源
to go back to the source
逆火
(of an engine) to backfire
逆生长
to seem to grow younger; to regain one's youthful looks
逆产
traitor's property; breech delivery
逆耳
unpleasant to hear; grates on the ear (of home truths)
逆耳之言
speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths; home truths (that one does not want to hear)
逆臣
rebellious minister
逆行
to go the wrong way; to go against one-way traffic regulation
逆行倒施
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong; to try to turn back history; a perverse way of doing things
逆袭
counterattack
逆变
reversing (e.g. electric current)
逆贼
renegade; traitor and bandit
逆转
to turn back; to reverse
逆转录病毒
reverse transcription virus; retrovirus
逆转录酶
reverse transcriptase
逆运
bad luck; unlucky fate
逆运算
inverse operation; inverse calculation
逆风
to go against the wind; contrary wind; a headwind
逆龄
anti-aging
霓虹
rainbow; neon (loanword)
霓虹国
(slang) Japan (loanword from the Japanese word for Japan, 'Nihon')
霓虹灯
neon lamp (loanword)
霓裳
Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song 'Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers' 霓裳羽衣曲[Ni2 chang2 yu3 yi1 qu1] or 霓裳羽衣舞[Ni2 chang2 yu3 yi1 wu3]
霓裳
nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1]
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