拟 (nǐ): doubtful, suspicious, to emulate
拟 (nǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “doubtful.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 以 (phonetic). It ranks #1531 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 拟 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- doubtful
- suspicious
- to emulate
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 拟
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虚拟 | xū nǐ | to imagine |
| 草拟 | cǎo nǐ | first draft |
| 拟定 | nǐ dìng | to draw up |
| 模拟器 | mó nǐ qì | emulator |
| 比拟 | bǐ nǐ | to compare |
| 拟订 | nǐ dìng | to draw up (a plan) |
| 拟人 | nǐ rén | personification |
| 拟态 | nǐ tài | (biol.) mimicry |
| 拟声 | nǐ shēng | onomatopoeia |
| 拟音 | nǐ yīn | to make a sound effect |
| 拟古之作 | nǐ gǔ zhī zuò | a work in a classic style |
| 虚拟现实置标语言 | xū nǐ xiàn shí zhì biāo yǔ yán | virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing) |
| 计算机模拟 | jì suàn jī mó nǐ | computer simulation |
| 模拟放大器 | mó nǐ fàng dà qì | analog amplifier |
| 拟于不伦 | nǐ yú bù lún | to draw an impossible comparison |
拟 appears in 56 compound words: 38 as the first character, 16 as the last, and 46 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 拟 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
拟照镜子，整理一下自己的仪容。
nǐ zhào jìng zǐ , zhěng lǐ yī xià zì jǐ de yí róng .
Take a look in the mirror and tidy up your appearance.
AI支出令市场心慌 亚马逊拟花120亿美元建资料中心 股价应声挫逾2...
A I zhī chū lìng shì chǎng xīn huāng yà mǎ xùn nǐ huā 1 2 0 yì měi yuán jiàn zī liào zhōng xīn gǔ jià yīng shēng cuò yú 2 . . .
AI spending panicked the market Amazon plans to spend $12 billion to build a data center, and its stock price fell by more than 2...
反击最高法院裁决!川普拟动用232条款 对电池、电信等六大产业课...
fǎn jī zuì gāo fǎ yuàn cái jué ! chuān pǔ nǐ dòng yòng 2 3 2 tiáo kuǎn duì diàn chí , diàn xìn děng liù dà chǎn yè kè . . .
Fight back against the Supreme Court ruling! Trump plans to use Section 232 to impose taxes on six major industries such as batteries and telecommunications...
文攻武吓 纽时:川普拟分2阶段攻伊朗
wén gōng wǔ hè niǔ shí : chuān pǔ nǐ fēn 2 jiē duàn gōng yī lǎng
Cultural attack and military intimidation New York Times: Trump plans to attack Iran in two stages
...rali 2025财年业绩:创纪录利润,拟派发2.9欧元股息
. . . r a l i 2 0 2 5 cái nián yè jì : chuàng jì lù lì rùn , nǐ pài fā 2 . 9 ōu yuán gǔ xī
... RALI FY2025 results: record profit with a proposed dividend of 2.9 euros
未来飞行员会在虚拟驾驶舱里训练。
Wèilái fēixíngyuán huì zài xūnǐ jiàshǐcāng lǐ xùnliàn.
The future pilot is trained in a mock cockpit.
你有没有体验过虚拟实境？
Nǐ yǒuméiyǒu tǐyàn guo xūnǐshíjìng?
Have you ever tried virtual reality?
今天我们来揭开英文虚拟式的神秘面纱。
Jīntiān wǒmen lái jiēkāi Yīngwén xūnǐ shì de shénmì miànshā.
Today, we are going to unravel the mystery of the English subjunctive.
未来飞行员将在模拟操作室中训练。
Wèilái fēixíngyuán jiāng zài mónǐ cāozuò shì zhōng xùnliàn.
The future pilot is trained in a mock cockpit.
汤姆和玛丽参加了一个模拟联合国会议。
Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì cānjiā le yī gè mónǐ Liánhéguó huìyì.
Tom and Mary participated in a model U.N. conference.
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