nìng = ni + (e)ng4
to flatter / flattery
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How to pronounce 佞

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ni initial

Ni is for Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt Nefertiti.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng4 final

In the engine’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

佞 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
rén = r + (e)n2
humane / kernel
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female / woman / daughter
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= ru + Ø3
archaic variant of 汝[ru3]
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Characters with 佞 as component

佞 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 佞

without eloquence / untalented / I, me (humble)
crafty and fawning
to defame one person while flattering another / a slandering toady

Sentences with 佞

佞 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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nìng

to flatter / flattery

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