尼

尼	U+5C3C, 尼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C3C

← 尻
[U+5C3B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

尽 →
[U+5C3D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

尼 (radical 44, 尸+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸心 (SP), four-corner 7721₁, composition ⿸尸匕)

References

KangXi: page 300, character 3

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7635

Dae Jaweon: page 596, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 965, character 4

Unihan data for U+5C3C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 尼
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (尼) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
泥	niːl, niːls
屔	*niːl
苨	*niːlʔ
坭	*niːlʔ
迡	*niːls
埿	braːms, niːl, *niːls
旎	*nilʔ
狔	*nilʔ
抳	*nilʔ
尼	*nil
呢	*nil
怩	*nil
柅	nil, nilʔ
蚭	*nil
跜	*nil
秜	*nil
痆	*rniːd
昵	*niɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意) . The character does not appear as an independent character in the oracle bone script but appears as a component of 𢓚 and 秜. The character shows a man (尸) sitting on or leaning on another man (匕), giving the original meaning of “to stop” or “close; intimate”; the derivative 昵 refers to the latter meaning.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		尼

Clipping of 比丘尼, from Sanskrit भिक्षुणी (bhikṣuṇī, “female beggar”) or Pali bhikkhunī (“female beggar”). Compare Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “beggar”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): ní (ni²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ

(Chengdu, SP): nyi²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): nei⁴, nai⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): nai³
Gan (Wiktionary): nyi⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): nì

(Meixian, Guangdong): ni²
Jin (Wiktionary): ni¹
Min Dong (BUC): nà̤
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): nî / lî / lûi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ni⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): nyi (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): nyi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ní
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
  - Wade–Giles: nih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
  - IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
  - IPA ^(key): /nʲi²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁴, nai⁴
  - Yale: nèih, nàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴, nai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴, nei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹/, /nɐi̯²¹/

Note: nai4 - vernacular variant.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: nai³
  - IPA ^(key): /ⁿdai²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: nyi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nì
  - Hakka Romanization System: niˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ni²
  - IPA: /ni¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ni²
  - IPA: /ni¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ni¹
  - IPA (old-style): /ni¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nà̤
  - IPA ^(key): /nˡɛ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Tainan, Taichung, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî
  - Tâi-lô: nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nii
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Hsinchu, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî
  - Tâi-lô: lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lii
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Kinmen): /li²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi
  - Tâi-lô: luî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: luii
  - IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴/

Note: lûi - used in 尼姑.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ni⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nî
  - IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: nyi (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: nyi²
  - IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi¹³/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 尼
Mandarin	Beijing	/ni³⁵/
	Harbin	/ni²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ni⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ȵi⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ni⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ni⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ni²⁴/
	Xining	/mji²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/mi⁵³/ /ni⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ȵi⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ȵi⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ni²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ȵi³¹/
	Guiyang	/ni²¹/
	Kunming	/ni³¹/
	Nanjing	/li²⁴/
	Hefei	/zz̩⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ni¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ȵi¹³/
	Hohhot	/ni³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵi²³/
	Suzhou	/ȵi¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ȵi²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ȵi³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/ni⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/ȵie⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ȵi¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ȵi¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵi⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/ni¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ni¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/nei²¹/
	Nanning	/nɐi²¹/
	Hong Kong	/nei²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/ni³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/nɛ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ni²¹/ /mi³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/nĩ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ni³¹/ /ni²¹³/ 俗

Middle Chinese: /ɳˠiɪ/▼

Rime
Character	尼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	女夷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/niɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳji/
Li Rong	/nji/
Wang Li	/ni/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ní

Definitions

尼

Buddhist nun

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		尼

Unknown. Possibly a variant of 邇 (OC *njelʔ, “near”) (compare Mandarin 你 (nǐ) from 爾 (OC *njelʔ)), or a conflation of 邇 (OC *njelʔ, “near”) and 昵 (OC *niɡ) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ní, nì (ni², ni⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ, ㄋㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ní
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
  - Wade–Giles: nih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
  - IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nì
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ
  - Wade–Giles: nih⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nih
  - IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁴
  - Yale: nèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /ɳˠiɪ/▼

Rime
Character	尼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	女夷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/niɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳji/
Li Rong	/nji/
Wang Li	/ni/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ní

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*nr[əj]/

(Zhengzhang): /*nil/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	尼
Reading #	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ nrij ›
Old Chinese	/*nr[əj]/
English	near, close
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尼
Reading #	1/1
No.	9428
Phonetic component	尼
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	尼
Old Chinese	/*nil/

Definitions

尼

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		尼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Ní (Ni²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Ní
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
  - Wade–Giles: nih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ni
  - IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁴
  - Yale: nèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /ɳˠiɪ/▼

Rime
Character	尼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	女夷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/niɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳji/
Li Rong	/nji/
Wang Li	/ni/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ní

Definitions

尼

A surname.

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		尼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǐ, nì (ni³, ni⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ, ㄋㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
  - Wade–Giles: nih³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
  - IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nì
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ
  - Wade–Giles: nih⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nih
  - IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹/

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤərʔ/, /*nˤərʔ-s/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	尼	尼
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ní	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ nej^X ›	‹ nej^H ›
Old Chinese	/*nˤərʔ/	/*nˤərʔ-s/
English	to stop	to stop, obstruct
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

尼

^† to stop; to obstruct

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		尼
alt. forms		乃倷

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Taishan, Wiktionary): nai²

Cantonese
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: nai²
  - IPA ^(key): /ⁿdai⁵⁵/

Definitions

尼

(Taishanese) a few; a little bit; some
- 該尼 / 该尼 [Taishanese] ― these ones
- 有尼人認為台山話難過廣州話。 [Taishanese, trad.]
  有尼人认为台山话难过广州话。 [Taishanese, simp.]
  Some people think Taishanese is harder than Cantonese.
(Taishanese) the; those
(Taishanese) more; -er
- 廣州話係唔係難尼啊？ [Taishanese, trad.]
  广州话系唔系难尼啊？ [Taishanese, simp.]
  Is Cantonese harder?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 些 (“some, a few”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		些
Mandarin	Beijing	些
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啲
	Hong Kong	啲
	Taishan	尼
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	兜
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	兜
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	兜
	Dongshi (Dabu)	兜
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	兜
Wu	Wenzhou	厘兒

Etymology 6

simp. and trad.		尼

Pronunciation

Definitions

尼

(Leizhou Min) Prefix in non-face-to-face kinship terms.

Compounds

Derived terms from 尼

不列塔尼
亞美尼亞／亚美尼亚 (yàměiníyà)
仲尼
僧尼 (sēngní)
分尼
印尼 (Yìnní)
哈尼族 (hānízú)
坦尚尼亞／坦尚尼亚 (Tǎnshàngníyà)
多明尼加 (Duōmíngníjiā)
多米尼克 (Duōmǐníkè)
威尼斯 (Wēinísī)
宣尼
尼僧 (nísēng)
尼加拉瓜 (Níjiālāguā)
尼古丁 (nígǔdīng)
尼壇／尼坛
尼姑 (nígū)
尼姑庵 (nígū'ān)
尼安德塔人
尼庵
尼斯信條／尼斯信条
尼日 (Nírì)

尼日利亞／尼日利亚 (Nírìlìyà)
尼日爾／尼日尔 (Nírì'ěr)
尼泊爾／尼泊尔 (Níbó'ěr)
尼父
尼瑪／尼玛 (Nímǎ)
尼站
尼童子
尼羅河／尼罗河 (Níluóhé)
尼采 (Nícǎi)
尼龍／尼龙 (nílóng)
布爾哥尼／布尔哥尼
師尼／师尼
愛奧尼亞／爱奥尼亚
愛沙尼亞／爱沙尼亚 (Àishāníyà)
提舍尼
摩尼教 (Móníjiào)
比丘尼 (bǐqiūní)
比基尼 (bǐjīní)
比基尼島／比基尼岛
毗尼日用
毛里塔尼亞／毛里塔尼亚 (Máolǐtǎníyà)
波士尼亞／波士尼亚 (Bōshìníyà)

溫尼伯／温尼伯 (Wēnníbó)
牟尼
白尼羅河／白尼罗河
盤尼西林／盘尼西林 (pánníxīlín)
突尼斯 (tūnísī)
突尼西亞／突尼西亚 (Tūníxīyà)
羅馬尼亞／罗马尼亚 (Luómǎníyà)
腓尼基 (Féiníjī)
腓尼基人
葉尼塞河／叶尼塞河 (Yènísè Hé)
藍尼羅河／蓝尼罗河
邁錫尼城／迈锡尼城
釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní)
鐵達尼號／铁达尼号
阿多尼斯 (Āduōnísī)
阿尼林 (ānílín)
阿摩尼亞／阿摩尼亚 (āmóníyà)
陀羅尼／陀罗尼 (tuóluóní)
陀羅尼被／陀罗尼被
額爾德尼／额尔德尼 (é'ěrdéní)
馬尼拉／马尼拉 (Mǎnílā)
馬尼拉麻／马尼拉麻

Japanese

Kanji

尼

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: に (ni, Jōyō); ねい (nei)
Kan’on: じ (ji); でい (dei)
Kun: あま (ama, 尼, Jōyō)

Compounds

尼君
尼御前
尼寺
尼法師
尼僧

Noun

尼 (hiragana あま, rōmaji ama)

nun

Korean

Hanja

尼 • (ni, i) (hangeul 니, 이)

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Vietnamese

Han character

尼 (ni, này, nê, nơi, nầy, nì)

place

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