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Translingual
Han character
膩 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月戈心金 (BIPC), four-corner 73240, composition ⿰月貳(GJK) or ⿰⺼貳(HT))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 994, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29862
- Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2110, character 1
- Unihan data for U+81A9
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 膩
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*nis
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| 二
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*njis
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| 弍
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*njis
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| 貳
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*njis
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| 樲
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*njis
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *nis) : semantic 肉 (“meat”) + phonetic 貳 (OC *njis).
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Note:
- Sixian:
- ni - “fatty; oily”;
- ne - “too greasy”.
Note:
- nā̤ - vernacular (“too greasy; to become soggy”);
- nī - literary.
Note:
- nê̤ṳ - vernacular (“oily”);
- né̤ṳ - vernacular (“too greasy or sweet; to be sick of”);
- nê - literary (“meticulous”).
Note:
- nyi5 - vernacular;
- nyi4 - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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膩
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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nì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nrijH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*nri-s/
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| English
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oily
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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膩
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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2823
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Phonetic
component
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二
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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膩
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Old
Chinese
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/*nis/
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Definitions
膩
- fatty; oily
- too greasy to bear
- 肥而不膩／肥而不腻 ― féi ér bù nì ― fat but not too greasy
- (Northern Min) to become soggy
- meticulous; delicate; glossy
- to make (someone) feel sick; to disgust (someone)
- to be sick of; to be tired of
- (literary) dirt
- sticky; grimy
- intimate; close
- (Beijing Mandarin) to stick around, causing others to be fed up
- (Beijing Mandarin) to stick to (someone); to pester (someone)
- (Beijing Mandarin) to fill a crack; to putty
- (Sichuanese) to hesitate; to be irresolute
Synonyms
- (too greasy): (Sichuanese) 釀／酿 (nyiang4)
- (to be sick of):
Dialectal synonyms of
膩 (“to be sick of; to be tired of”)
- 反顧／反顾 (fǎngù) (literary)
- 彳亍 (chìchù) (literary, figurative)
- 彷徨 (pánghuáng) (figurative)
- 徘徊 (figurative)
- 拿不定主意 (nábùdìng zhǔyì)
- 游移 (yóuyí)
- 猶疑／犹疑 (yóuyí)
- 猶豫／犹豫 (yóuyù)
- 疑蟯／疑蛲 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 盤桓／盘桓 (pánhuán) (figurative)
- 躊躇／踌躇 (chóuchú)
- 巡巡 (xúnxún) (literary)
- 逡巡 (qūnxún) (literary)
- 遲疑／迟疑 (chíyí)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
膩
- (Cantonese) Alternative form of 腬 (nau6, “heavy; filling; too greasy or sweet”)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
膩
- (Eastern Min) to nap; to doze
Japanese
Kanji
膩
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
膩 • (ni>i) (hangeul 니>이, revised ni>i, McCune–Reischauer ni>i, Yale ni>i)
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