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nei4 lik1 lei4 nik1
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[1] [n] Buddhist nun [2] used in transliteration Stroke count: 5
Level: 2
Radical: 尸 (#44)
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| This character was last edited on 2nd Jul 2008 | |
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比堅尼
bei2 gin1 nei4 = bikini (as phonetic loanword)粵
馬蒂尼
maa5 dai3 nei4 = a martini (loanword)
悉尼
sik1 nei4 = Sydney
尼龍
nei4 lung4 = nylon
印尼
jan3 nei4 = Indonesia
尼日利亞
nei4 jat6 lei6 aa3 = Nigeria
多米尼加共和國
do1 mai5 nei4 gaa1 gung6 wo4 gwok3 = Dominican Republic
愛沙尼亞
oi3 saa1 nei4 aa3 = Estonia
印度尼西亞
jan3 dou6 nei4 sai1 aa3 = Indonesia
尼泊爾
nei4 bok6 ji5 = NepalSee all 101 compounds |
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Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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Decimal representation of this word: 尼
Unicode code for this character: U+5c3c (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1164/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">尼</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 尼
Unicode code for this character: U+5c3c (off-site link)
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