娜 (no4 no5 naa4 | nuo2 na4) : graceful; slender

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娜

no4 no5 naa4

nuo2 na4

(Jyutping) no4 no5 (Pinyin) nuo2
graceful; slender; delicate

(jyutping) naa4 (Pinyin) na4
used in female names

[1] Jyutping no4 is the standard pronunciation; no5 is the variant.
[2] For first meaning, 娜 is mostly used in compounds 婀娜 and 裊娜.

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 女 (#38)

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

娜

This word has been viewed 5040 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Dec 2009 01:21

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裊娜 nui5 no5 niao3 nuo2 = slim and graceful

安娜 on1 naa4 an1 na4 = Anna (person's name)

婀娜多姿 o1 no4/5 do1 zi1 e1 nuo2 duo1 zi1 = pretty and charming

拉尼娜 laai1 nei4 naa4 la1 ni2 na4 = La Nina (equatorial climate variation)

婀娜 o1 no4/5 e1 nuo2 = graceful, elegant, lithe (of a woman's bearing)

亞利安娜 aa3 lei6 on1 naa4 ya4 li4 an1 na4 = Ariane

雅典娜 ngaa5 din2 naa4 = (greek goddess) Athena

吉娜 gat1 naa4 ji2 na4 = Gina (name transliteration)

官恩娜 gun1 jan1 naa4 guan1 en1 na4 = Ella Koon

堂娜 tong4 naa4 tang2 na4 = Nana Tang (a.k.a., Tang Na)

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今次嘅舞蹈演出婀娜多姿，舞蹈家非常有水準！粵
This dance performance used many different styles but were all elegant.The dancers were excellent!

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Decimal representation of this word: 娜
Unicode code for this character: U+5a1c (off-site link)

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