匿 (nì): to hide
匿 (nì) is a Chinese character meaning “to hide.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 匸 (semantic) and 若 (phonetic). It ranks #2632 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 匿 box. Its radical form 匸 (hiding) appears in many related characters such as 区 (qū, area), 匹 (pǐ, (bound form) matching).
Definitions
- to hide
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 匿名verb | nì míng | anonymous |
| 藏匿verb | cáng nì | to cover up |
| 销声匿迹phrase | xiāo shēng nì jì | to vanish without trace (idiom) |
| 隐匿verb | yǐn nì | to cover up |
| 匿迹verb | nì jì | to go into hiding |
| 布匿战争 | bù nì zhàn zhēng | the three Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage |
| 匿影藏形phrase | nì yǐng cáng xíng | to hide from public view |
| 匿报 | nì bào | to withhold information |
| 猫匿noun | māo nì | variant of 貓膩|猫腻 |
匿 appears in 9 compound words: 44 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 22 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 匿 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
匿名举报，保护隐私。
Nìmíng jǔbào, bǎohù yǐnsī.
Anonymous reporting protects privacy.
渐冻症是什么病早期有什么症状?确诊前的隐匿期表现
jiān dòng zhèng shì shén má bìng zǎo qī yǒu shén má zhèng zhuàng ? què zhěn qián de yǐn nì qī biǎo xiàn
What is ALS? What are the early symptoms? What are the signs during the latent phase before diagnosis?
美超微遭股东提告证券诈欺 隐匿对中销售恐违出口管制、股价重挫33%
měi chāo wēi zāo gǔ dōng tí gào zhèng quàn zhà qī yǐn nì duì zhōng xiāo shòu kǒng wéi chū kǒu guǎn zhì , gǔ jià chóng cuò 3 3
Supermicro Sued by Shareholders for Securities Fraud; Concealment of Sales to China May Violate Export Controls; Stock Plummets 33%
...全身多达200处伤口 3恶犬疑被人带走藏匿
. . . quán shēn duō dá 2 0 0 chǔ shāng kǒu 3 è quǎn yí bèi rén dài zǒu zàng nì
...With as many as 200 wounds across his body, three vicious dogs are suspected of having been taken away and hidden
匿名者寄300元祝澎湖縣長早康復 縣府轉作...
nì míng zhě jì yuán zhù péng hú 縣 長 zǎo kāng 復 縣 fǔ 轉 zuò . . .
An anonymous person sent 300 yuan to wish the Penghu County Mayor a speedy recovery and the county government to recover...
沙头角海关在进境车道查获司机藏匿手机60台
shā tóu jiǎo hǎi guān zài jìn jìng chē dào chá huò sī jī zàng nì shǒu jī tái
Sha Tau Kok Customs seized 60 mobile phones hidden by drivers in the entry lane
他匿名向红十字捐了大笔钱。
Tā nìmíng xiàng Hóngshízì juān le dà bǐ qián.
He anonymously donated a large sum of money to the Red Cross.
你想保持匿名身份。
Nǐ xiǎng bǎochí nìmíng shēnfèn.
You want to remain anonymous.
Character Family
匸 Radical Family — Characters sharing the hiding radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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