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ní
HSK 1freq #96

Meanings

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ní
  1. 1.dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
ne
  1. 1.(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")
  2. 2.(sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds
  3. 3.(discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.Sentence-final particle indicating a reciprocal question; used to apply the previously asked question to a new subject. What about ...?; And ...?
  2. 2.Where is ...?; Where are ...?
  3. 3.Sentence-final particle signalling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words.
  4. 4.Sentence-final particle indicating continuation of an action or state, English present continuous. to be ...-ing
  5. 5.Sentence-final particle used to make questions more indirect, to give the impression that the speaker is speaking to themself.
  6. 6.Sentence-final particle expressing anger.
  7. 7.used in 呢喃 (nínán)
  8. 8.woollen cloth (for heavy clothing)
  9. 9.this
  10. 10.hey; Used to raise attention of the listener
  11. 11.level (in a video game)
  12. 12.level in a society; social class
  13. 13.sound
  14. 14.only used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 (ǎn mānī bēimēi hōng)
  15. 15.Used in some question words.

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *nil): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 尼 (OC *nil) Ota (1987) suggests that the particle used in questions comes from 聻 (MC nriX) [Five Dynasties], a particle which may come from 爾 (MC nyeX, “that”), and that the particle used to indicate an action in progress comes from earlier 哩 [Yuan dynasty], which may come from 裏 (MC liX, “place”) [Tang dynasty–Five Dynasties].

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Stroke order

Components

呢口尼

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

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Synonyms

呢子毛呢料子此斯是之茲夫爾這依該果阿箇里蓋個改底介只界伊者嚽迄好只蜀當

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Derived terms

便是呢嗎呢吗呢按呢呢呢痴痴呢喃呢喃細語呢喃细语呢子呢料呢絨呢绒呢衣大呢檯面呢台面呢鏡面呢镜面呢馬褲呢马裤呢升呢做呢欲呢

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Related words

花呢 fancy suiting呢子 dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)呢喃 (onom.) twittering of birds着呢 comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree呢呢 garrulous软呢 soft, pliable wool fabric台面呢 (billiards) baize制服呢 (textiles) uniform coating; durable, warm fabric used for uniforms华达呢 (loanword) gabardine格子呢 checked woolen fabric; plaid管他呢 don’t worry about (it, him etc)格子花呢 tartan; plaid