阻尼

Chinese

		to hinder; to block; to obstruct	to stop
trad. (阻尼)		阻	尼
simp. #(阻尼)		阻	尼

Etymology

Coined by Yang Zhaolian (楊肇燫), who proposed this coinage in 1933 during the first conference on physics nomenclature held by Academia Sinica. 尼 here used a now-obsolete meaning "to stop"; it is not a transcription character.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔní

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² nei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔní
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔní
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-ni²
    • Yale: dzǔ-ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuuni
    • Palladius: цзуни (czuni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo² nei⁴
    • Yale: jó nèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² nei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo² néi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ nei̯²¹/

Verb

阻尼

1. to absorb shock; to damp

Synonyms

• 避震 (bìzhèn)
• 減震／减震 (jiǎnzhèn)