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尼瑪

简尼玛 · 繁尼瑪

Mandarin · pinyin ní mǎ#

(Internet slang) alternative for 你媽 nǐ mā
(transcription from Tibetan) the sun

Mandarin · pinyin Ní mǎ#

see 尼瑪縣 Ní mǎ Xiàn

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尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
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玛: mǎ · agate; cornelian

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2–3 · ni2 ma3

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name · Etymology 1

(～縣) Nyima (a county of Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)
a transliteration of the Tibetan unisex given name ཉི་མ (nyi ma), Nyima

intj · Etymology 2

(euphemistic, slang) censored spelling of 你媽 /你妈 (nǐ mā, “fuck; fucking”, intensifier)

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