Pinyin initial: "ni"
The Pinyin initial "ni" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "ni" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by women. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "ni" can appear in.
Pinyin with ni
Mnemonics for ni
Ni is for Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt Nefertiti.
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Characters with ni
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to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
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variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud
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mother / young lady / (coll.) effeminate
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variant of 娘[niang2]
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Buddhist nun / (often used in phonetic spellings)
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woolen material
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restrained
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mud / clay / paste / pulp
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to urinate / urine / CL:泡[pao1]
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to hide
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to turn / to wrench / button / nu (Greek letter Νν)
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to congeal / to concentrate attention / to stare
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bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
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to ferment / to brew / to make honey (of bees) / to lead to / to form gradually / wine / stuffed vegetables (cooking method)
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twenty, twentieth
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twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions / also written using banker's character 念
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contrary / opposite / backwards / to go against / to oppose / to betray / to rebel
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