尼 (nei4 | ni2) : Buddhist nun

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尼

nei4

ni2

[1] Buddhist nun
[2] used in transliteration

Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 尸 (#44)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

尼

This word has been viewed 12461 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Jul 2013 04:21

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加泰羅尼亞 gaa1 taai3 lo4 nei4 aa3 jia1 tai4 luo2 ni2 ya4 = Catalonia, Spain

馬蒂尼 maa5 dai3 nei4 ma3 di4 ni2 = a martini (loanword)

悉尼 sik1 nei4 xi1 ni2 = Sydney 國

尼龍 nei4 lung4 ni2 long2 = nylon

尼日利亞 nei4 jat6 lei6 aa3 ni2 ri4 li4 ya3 (Taiwan), ni2 ri4 li4 ya4 (PRC) = Nigeria

愛沙尼亞 oi3 saa1 nei4 aa3 ai4 sha1 ni2 ya3 (Taiwan), ai4 sha1 ni2 ya4 (PRC) = Estonia

尼泊爾 nei4 bok6 ji5 ni2 bo2 er3 = Nepal

比堅尼 bei2 gin1 nei4 = bikini 粵

盤尼西林 pun4 nei4 sai1 lam4 pan2 ni2 xi1 lin2 = penicillin (loan word); see also 青霉素

吉尼斯 gat1 nei4 si1 ji2 ni2 si1 = Guinness (publishers of book of records)
See all 123 compounds (CantoDict reports 128 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 尼
Unicode code for this character: U+5c3c (off-site link)

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