妮 (nī): girl, phonetic "ni" (in female names)
妮 (nī) is a Chinese character meaning “girl.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (semantic) and 尼 (phonetic). It ranks #1744 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 妮 woman. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 她 (tā, she), 好 (hǎo, good).
Definitions
- girl
- phonetic "ni" (in female names)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安妮proper-noun | ān nī | Annie (name) |
| 妮子 | nī zi | (coll.) lass |
| 惠特妮·休斯顿 | huì tè nī · xiū sī dùn | Whitney Houston (1963-2012), American singer and actress |
| 布里特妮 | bù lǐ tè nī | Britney, Brittney or Brittany (name) |
| 方妮 | fāng nī | Fanny (name) |
| 布兰妮·斯皮尔斯 | bù lán nī · sī pí ěr sī | Britney Spears (1981-), US pop singer |
| 妮可·基德曼 | nī kě · jī dé màn | Nicole Kidman (1967-), film actress |
| 妮维雅 | nī wéi yǎ | Nivea, skin and body care brand |
| 杨采妮 | yáng cǎi nī | Charlie Young (1974-), Hong Kong actress and singer |
| 达科塔·芬妮 | dá kē tǎ · fēn nī | Dakota Fanning, American actress |
| 妮维娅 | nī wéi yà | Nivea, skin and body care brand |
| 胡燕妮 | hú yān nī | Jenny Hu (1945-), Hong Kong actress |
妮 appears in 12 compound words: 33 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 17 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 妮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
《铁达妮的号》由开心麻花演员黄才伦领衔主演。
tiě dá nī de hào yóu kāi xīn má huā yǎn yuán huáng cái lún lǐng xián zhǔ yǎn .
*The Call of the Taitani* stars Huang Cailun, an actor from Happy Mahua, in the lead role.
中新社 记者 应妮 摄 同时，“汉中非遗好物市集”也在中央大厅同步开启。
zhōng xīn shè jì zhě yīng nī shè tóng shí , hàn zhōng fēi yí hǎo wù shì jí yě zài zhōng yāng dà tīng tóng bù kāi qǐ .
Photo by Ying Ni, China News Service. At the same time, the “Hanzhong Intangible Cultural Heritage Market” also opened in the Central Hall.
这也是李妮恩首次担任动作剧集主角。
zhè yě shì lǐ nī ēn shǒu cì dān rèn dòng zuò jù jí zhǔ jiǎo .
This is also Li Nien's first time starring in an action series.
大妮小妮 (+15) 在小宇宙听财经节目了解到，专业投资者普遍订阅了《财新周刊》。
dà nī xiǎo nī ( 1 5 ) zài xiǎo yǔ zhòu tīng cái jīng jié mù le jiě dào , zhuān yè tóu zī zhě pǔ biàn dìng yuè le cái xīn zhōu kān .
Dani and Xiao Ni (+15) learned from a finance program on Xiao Yuzi that professional investors generally subscribe to *Caixin Weekly*.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 女 (woman) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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