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膩

简 腻 · 繁 膩
Mandarin · pinyin nì

Meanings

  1. greasy
  2. soft
  3. unctuous
  4. intimate
  5. tired of
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膩
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腻
nì · greasy, oily, dirty; smooth
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4 · ni4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

nau6 · nei6

Cantonese word readings for 膩. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

  1. fatty; oily
  2. too greasy to bear
  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

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Cantonese) alternative form of 腬 (nau6, “heavy; filling; too greasy or sweet”)

character · Etymology 3

  1. (Eastern Min) to nap; to doze

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