尼瑪

See also: 尼玛

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (尼瑪)		尼	瑪
simp. (尼玛)		尼	玛

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tibetan ཉི་མ (nyi ma, “sun”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nímǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ maa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nímǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nímǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Ni²-ma³
    • Yale: Ní-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nimaa
    • Palladius: Нима (Nima)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nei⁴ maa⁵
    • Yale: nèih máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ maː¹³/

Proper noun

尼瑪

1. (～縣) Nyima (a county of Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)
2. A transliteration of the Tibetan unisex given name ཉི་མ (nyi ma), Nyima

Etymology 2

Similar-sounding to 你媽／你妈 (nǐ mā).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nímǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄇㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nímǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nímǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ni²-ma³
    • Yale: ní-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nimaa
    • Palladius: нима (nima)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Interjection

尼瑪

1. (euphemistic, slang) Alternative form of 你媽／你妈 (nǐ mā, “fuck; fucking (intensifier)”)