尼
Meanings
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- 1.Buddhist nun
- 2.(often used in phonetic spellings)
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Wiktionary
- 1.Used in transcription.
- 2.Buddhist nun
- 3.near; close; intimate
- 4.peaceful; calm
- 5.harmonious
- 6.a surname
- 7.to stop; to obstruct
- 8.a few; a little bit; some
- 9.the; those
- 10.more; -er
- 11.Prefix in non-face-to-face kinship terms.
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意). 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. Shuowen Jiezi considered it as a phono-semantic compound, but this is widely discredited by later scholars. Compare 化, 比, 北, and 卬. ; "Buddhist nun" Clipping of 比丘尼 (bǐqiūní), from Sanskrit भिक्षुणी (bhikṣuṇī, “female beggar”) or Pali bhikkhunī (“female beggar”). Compare Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “beggar”).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
亞美尼亞是一個多山的國家。
Armenia is a mountainous country.
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