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儗
简 拟 · 繁 儗Mandarin · pinyin nǐ
Meanings
- doubtful
- suspicious
- variant of 擬 nǐ
- to emulate
- to imitate
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3 · ni3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ji5 · ji6
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to usurp authority; to act beyond proper bounds
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 擬 /拟 (nǐ, “to compare with; to match; to draw analogy with”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to imitate
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to plan to
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to use (force)
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 疑 (yí, “to doubt; to be puzzled”)
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- only used in 佁儗 and 儗儗 (yìyì)
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- only used in 儓儗
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