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

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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):

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• 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

(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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