尼 (nei4) — used in transliteration in Cantonese
neiˎ₄尼Mandarin Pinyin: ni2
Meaning of 尼
nounused in transliteration
nounBuddhist nun
Example Sentences with 尼
laaiˉ¹拉neiˎ₄尼naaˎ₄娜jingˊ²影hoengˊ²響。
La Niña's influence.
laaiˉ¹拉neiˎ₄尼naaˎ₄娜dingˍ₆定haiˍ₆係。
It's La Niña, or...
laaiˉ¹拉neiˎ₄尼naaˎ₄娜haiˍ₆係maiˎ₄咪？
Is it La Niña?
laaiˉ¹拉neiˎ₄尼naaˎ₄娜laiˎ₄嚟ganˊ²緊。
La Niña is coming.
jauˍ₆又laaiˉ¹拉neiˎ₄尼naaˎ₄娜wo˗₃喎。
It's La Niña again.
Words Containing 尼
雲尼拿油wan4 nei1 laa2 jau4
vanilla extract
盤尼西林pun4 nei4 sai1 lam4
penicillin (loan word); see also 青霉素
尼日利亞nei4 jat6 lei6 aa3
Nigeria
小熊維尼siu2 hung4 wai4 nei4
"Winnie the Pooh" (UK 1926), books written by A. A. Milne (1882–1956)
尼龍絲襪nei4 lung4 si1 mat6
nylon stockings (nylons)
丹尼士巨龍daan1 nei4 si6 geoi6 lung4
Dennis Dragon (bus type)
多米尼加共和國do1 mai5 nei4 gaa1 gung6 wo4 gwok3
Dominican Republic
約翰尼斯堡joek3 hon6 noi6 si1 bou2
Johannesburg
雲尼斯達萊wan4 nei4 si1 daat6 loi4
Ruud van Nistelrooy, a former Netherlands' soccer player
波斯尼亞-黑塞哥維那bo1 si1 nei4 aa3- hak1 coi3 go1 wai4 naa5
Bosnia and Herzegovina [written and colloquial]
尼姑nei4 gu1
a nun | [粵]: 師姑
印尼話jan3 nei4 waa2
Indonesian (language)
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