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尼
尼
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Translingual
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Han character
尼 (radical 44 尸+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸心 (SP), four-corner 77211, composition ⿸尸匕)
References
- KangXi: page 300, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7635
- Dae Jaweon: page 596, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 965, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5C3C
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
尼 | |
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Etymology
A shortening of 比丘尼, from Sanskrit भिक्षुणी (bhikṣunī, “a female beggar”), from Pali bhikkhunī (“a female beggar”). Compare भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “beggar”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
- Wade-Giles: nih2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
- IPA (key): /ni³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: nei4
- Yale: nèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: nei4
- IPA (key): /nei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nì
- Hakka Romanization System: niˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ni2
- IPA: /ni¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî / lî
- Tâi-lô: nî / lî
- Phofsit Daibuun: nii, lii
- IPA (Xiamen): /ni²⁴/, /li²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ni²⁴/, /li²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ni¹³/, /li¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ni²⁴/, /li²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ni²³/, /li²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 尼 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ni³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ni²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /ni⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /ȵi⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /ni⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ni⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /ni²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /mji²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan |
/mi⁵³/ /ni⁵³/ |
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| Lanzhou | /ȵi⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ȵi⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /ni²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /ȵi³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /ni²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /ni³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /li²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /zz̩⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ni¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /ȵi¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /ni³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵi²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ȵi¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ȵi²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ȵi³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ni⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /ȵie⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ȵi¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /ȵi¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ȵi⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ni¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /ni¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /nei²¹/ |
| Nanning | /nɐi²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /nei²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /ni³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /nɛ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) |
/ni²¹/ /mi³³/ |
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| Shantou (Min Nan) | /nĩ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/ni³¹/ /ni²¹³/ 俗 |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 尼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 女夷切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɳˠiɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɳᵚi/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/niɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɳji/ |
| Li Rong |
/nji/ |
| Wang Li |
/ni/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ni/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
ní |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |||
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| Character | 尼 | 尼 | 尼 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
ní | ní | ní |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ nejX › | ‹ nejH › | ‹ nrij › |
| Old Chinese |
/*nˤərʔ/ | /*nˤərʔ-s/ | /*nr[əj]/ |
| English | to stop | to stop, obstruct | near, close |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 尼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9428 |
| Phonetic component |
尼 |
| Rime group |
脂 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
尼 |
| Old Chinese |
/*nil/ |
Noun
尼
- Buddhist nun
Compounds
- 尼泊爾／尼泊尔 (Níbó'ěr)
- 尼姑 (nígū)
- 尼姑庵 (nígū'ān)
- 尼古丁 (nígǔdīng)
- 尼加拉瓜 (Níjiālāguā)
- 尼龍／尼龙 (nílóng)
- 尼日爾／尼日尔 (Nírì'ěr)
- 尼日利亞／尼日利亚 (Nírìlìyà)
- 尼僧 (nísēng)
- 尼采
- 尼安德塔人
Japanese
Kanji
尼
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Readings
- Goon: に (ni), ねい (nei) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kan’on: じ (ji) (non-Jōyō reading), でい (dei) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kun: あま (ama)
Compounds
Noun
Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 尼
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| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (尼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 泥 | *niːl, *niːls |
| 屔 | *niːl |
| 苨 | *niːlʔ |
| 坭 | *niːlʔ |
| 迡 | *niːls |
| 埿 | *braːms, *niːl, *niːls |
| 旎 | *nilʔ |
| 狔 | *nilʔ |
| 抳 | *nilʔ |
| 尼 | *nil |
| 呢 | *nil |
| 怩 | *nil |
| 柅 | *nil, *nilʔ |
| 蚭 | *nil |
| 跜 | *nil |
| 秜 | *nil |
| 痆 | *rniːd |
| 昵 | *niɡ |
Ideogram (指事) . In this character 尸 represents a man, and 匕 (otherwise meaning "spoon") also represents a man; two men leaning against each other, originally meaning "close, intimate". The derivative 昵 refers to the original word.