尼 (ní): Buddhist nun, (often used in phonetic spellings)
尼 (ní) is a Chinese character meaning “buddhist nun.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 尸 (structural) and 匕 (structural). It ranks #654 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- Buddhist nun
- (often used in phonetic spellings)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丹尼 | dān ní | Danny (name) |
| 尼克 | ní kè | Nick (name) |
| 托尼proper-noun | tuō ní | (name) Tony |
| 丹尼斯proper-noun | dān ní sī | Dennis (name) |
| 丹尼尔proper-noun | dān ní ěr | Daniel (name) |
| 肯尼迪proper-noun | kěn ní dí | Kennedy (name) |
| 安东尼proper-noun | ān dōng ní | Anthony (name) |
| 尼斯proper-noun | ní sī | Nice (city in France) |
| 威尼斯proper-noun | wēi ní sī | Venice |
| 比基尼noun | bǐ jī ní | (loanword) bikini |
| 弗吉尼亚proper-noun | fú jí ní yà | Virginia, US state |
| 迪斯尼proper-noun | dí sī ní | see 迪士尼 |
| 尼克松proper-noun | ní kè sōng | Richard Nixon (1913–1994), US president 1969–1974 |
| 罗马尼亚 | luó mǎ ní yà | Romania |
| 尼日利亚 | ní rì lì yà | Nigeria |
尼 appears in 112 compound words: 25 as the first character, 42 as the last, and 33 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 尼 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (30)
Albany (a city, the state capital of New York, United States); a transliteration of the English surname Albany
Albany (a city, the state capital of New York, United States); a transliteration of the English surname Albany
Showing 12 of 30 idioms containing 尼.
Example Sentences
这个尼字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě ní zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "尼" had different meanings in classical Chinese.
内塔尼亚胡宣布组建针对穆斯林的新联盟
nèi tǎ ní yà hú xuān bù zǔ jiàn zhēn duì mù sī lín de xīn lián méng
Netanyahu announced the formation of a new coalition against Muslims
...敦打吡阿仙奴作客4:1胜热刺 伊斯、约基尼斯梅开二度
. . . dūn dǎ 吡 ā xiān nú zuò kè 4 : 1 shèng rè cì yī sī , yuē jī ní sī méi kāi èr dù
... Dunn Derby Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 away from home to Isis and Jokinis scored twice
...超|阿仙奴作客4:1胜热刺 伊斯及基奥基尼斯各入两球
. . . chāo ā xiān nú zuò kè 4 : 1 shèng rè cì yī sī jí jī ào jī ní sī gè rù liǎng qiú
... Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 away to Isis and Keoginis scored two goals each
弗吉尼亚州里士满发生枪击事件 两人死亡
弗 jí ní yà zhōu lǐ shì mǎn fā shēng qiāng jī shì jiàn liǎng rén sǐ wáng
Two people were killed in a shooting in Richmond, Virginia
您曾经去过威尼斯吗？
Nín céngjīng qù guo Wēinísī ma?
Have you ever been to Venice?
悉尼是澳洲最大的城市。
Xīní shì àozhōu zuì dà de chéngshì.
Sydney is the largest city in Australia.
威尔逊先生对丹尼斯很生气。
Wēi'ěrxùn xiānsheng duì Dānnísī hěn shēngqì.
Mr. Wilson is angry at Dennis.
阿尔巴尼亚想加入欧盟。
ā'ěrbāníyà xiǎng jiārù ōuméng.
Albania wants to join the European Union.
尼古拉斯和玛利亚彼此相爱。
Ní gǔ lā sī hé Mǎlìyà bǐcǐ xiāng'ài.
Nicholas and Maria love each other.
Character Family
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