膩

See also: 腻

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

• 𫬤

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

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Chinese

trad.		膩
simp.		腻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (二) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
膩	*nis
二	*njis
弍	*njis
貳	*njis
樲	*njis

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *nis) : semantic 肉 (“meat”) + phonetic 貳 (OC *njis).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): nì (ni⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyi⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nei⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): nei⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): nyia⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ni / ne

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ni⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): ni³
• Northern Min (KCR): nā̤ / nī
• Eastern Min (BUC): nê̤ṳ / né̤ṳ / nê
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lī / jī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): re⁶ / ni⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶gni
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyi⁵ / nyi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nì
    • Wade–Giles: ni⁴
    • Yale: nì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nih
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲi²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nei⁶
    • Yale: neih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: nei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdei³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: nyia⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲia¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ni / ne
    • Hakka Romanization System: ni / ne
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ni⁴ / ne⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ni⁵⁵/, /ne⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ni⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ni⁵³/

Note:

• Sixian:
  • ni - “fatty; oily”;
  • ne - “too greasy”.

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ni³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ni⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nā̤ / nī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɛ⁵⁵/, /ni⁵⁵/

Note:

• nā̤ - vernacular (“too greasy; to become soggy”);
• nī - literary.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nê̤ṳ / né̤ṳ / nê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡøy²⁴²/, /nˡøy²¹³/, /nˡɛi²⁴²/

Note:

• nê̤ṳ - vernacular (“oily”);
• né̤ṳ - vernacular (“too greasy or sweet; to be sick of”);
• nê - literary (“meticulous”).

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
    • Tâi-lô: lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī
    • Tâi-lô: jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: re⁶ / ni⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jṳ̆ / nĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zɯ³⁵/, /ni³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶gni
    • MiniDict: nyi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: nyi⁵ / nyi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi²¹/, /n̠ʲi⁴⁵/

Note:

• nyi5 - vernacular;
• nyi4 - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: nrijH

Rime
Character	膩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	女利切
Baxter	nrijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/niɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳjiH/
Li Rong	/njiH/
Wang Li	/niH/
Bernard Karlgren	/niH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nei6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nri[j]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*nis/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	膩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nì
Middle Chinese	‹ nrijH ›
Old Chinese	/*nri[j]-s/
English	oily
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膩
Reading #	1/1
No.	2823
Phonetic component	二
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	膩
Old Chinese	/*nis/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 膩

1. fatty; oily
2. too greasy to bear

   肥而不膩／肥而不腻  ―  féi ér bù nì  ―  fat but not too greasy

3. (Northern Min) to become soggy
4. meticulous; delicate; glossy
5. to make (someone) feel sick; to disgust (someone)
6. to be sick of; to be tired of
7. (literary) dirt
8. sticky; grimy
9. intimate; close
10. (Beijing Mandarin) to stick around, causing others to be fed up
11. (Beijing Mandarin) to stick to (someone); to pester (someone)
12. (Beijing Mandarin) to fill a crack; to putty
13. (Sichuanese) to hesitate; to be irresolute

Synonyms

• (too greasy): (Sichuanese) 釀／酿 (nyiang4)
• (to hesitate):

(deprecated template usage)

• 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)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nau⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nau⁶
    • Yale: nauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯²²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 膩

1. (Cantonese) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 腬 (nau6, “heavy; filling; too greasy or sweet”).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): né̤ṳ / lé̤ṳ

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: né̤ṳ / lé̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡøy²¹³/, /l̃øy²¹³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 膩

1. (Eastern Min) to nap; to doze

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Japanese

Kanji

膩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じ (ji), に (ni)
• Kun: あぶら (abura), あぶらあか (aburaaka)

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Korean

Hanja

膩 • (ni>i) (hangeul 니>이, revised ni>i, McCune–Reischauer ni>i, Yale ni>i)

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