尼

尼 U+5C3C, 尼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C3C ← 尻 [U+5C3B] CJK Unified Ideographs 尽 → [U+5C3D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

尼 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸心 (SP), four-corner 7721₁, composition ⿸尸匕)

Derived characters

• 呢, 泥, 妮, 昵, 𮋯, 旎, 柅, 鈮(铌), 秜, 𥿡, 𫆜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 300, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7635
• Dae Jaweon: page 596, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 965, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5C3C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 尼
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (尼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
泥	*niːl, *niːls
屔	*niːl
苨	*niːlʔ
坭	*niːlʔ
迡	*niːls
埿	*braːms, *niːl, *niːls
旎	*nilʔ
狔	*nilʔ
抳	*nilʔ
尼	*nil
呢	*nil
怩	*nil
柅	*nil, *nilʔ
蚭	*nil
跜	*nil
秜	*nil
痆	*rniːd
昵	*niɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意). The character does not appear as an independent character in the oracle bone script but appears as a component of 𢓚 and 秜. The character shows a man (尸) sitting on or leaning on another man (匕), giving the original meaning of “to stop” or “close; intimate”; the derivative 昵 refers to the latter meaning.

Shuowen Jiezi considered it as a phono-sematic compound, but this is widely discredited by later scholars.

Compare 化, 比, 北, and 卬.

Etymology 1

trad.		尼
simp. #		尼

"Buddhist nun"

Clipping of 比丘尼 (bǐqiūní), from Sanskrit भिक्षुणी (bhikṣuṇī, “female beggar”) or Pali bhikkhunī (“female beggar”). Compare Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “beggar”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): ní (ni²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyi²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nei⁴ / nai⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): nai³

• Gan (Wiktionary): nyi⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): nì

  (Hailu, HRS): ni

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ni²

• Jin (Wiktionary): ni¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): nà̤
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ni²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nî / lî / lûi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ni⁵

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶gni / ²gni
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ní
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ní
    • Wade–Giles: ni²
    • Yale: ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲi²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nei⁴ / nai⁴
    • Yale: nèih / nàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ / nai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ / nei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹/, /nɐi̯²¹/

Note: nai4 - vernacular variant.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: nai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdai²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: nyi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nì
    • Hakka Romanization System: ni^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ni²
    • Sinological IPA: /ni¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ni
    • Sinological IPA: /ni⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ni²
    • Sinological IPA: /ni¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ni¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ni¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nà̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡɛ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ni²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ní
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni¹³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ni²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Tainan, Taichung, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî
    • Tâi-lô: nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nii
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Tainan, Lukang, Yilan): /nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Hsinchu, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî
    • Tâi-lô: lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lii
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Tainan, Lukang, Kinmen): /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi
    • Tâi-lô: luî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luii
    • IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴/

Note: lûi - used in 尼姑.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ni⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gni
    • MiniDict: nyi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²gni
    • MiniDict: nyi^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /n̠ʲi²²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /n̠ʲi²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: nyi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 尼
Mandarin	Beijing	/ni³⁵/
	Harbin	/ni²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ni⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ȵi⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ni⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ni⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ni²⁴/
	Xining	/mji²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/mi⁵³/ /ni⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ȵi⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ȵi⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ni²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ȵi³¹/
	Guiyang	/ni²¹/
	Kunming	/ni³¹/
	Nanjing	/li²⁴/
	Hefei	/zz̩⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ni¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ȵi¹³/
	Hohhot	/ni³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵi²³/
	Suzhou	/ȵi¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ȵi²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ȵi³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/ni⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/ȵie⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ȵi¹³/
	Xiangtan	/ȵi¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵi⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/ni¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/ni¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/nei²¹/
	Nanning	/nɐi²¹/
	Hong Kong	/nei²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ni³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/nɛ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ni²¹/ /mi³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/nĩ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ni³¹/ /ni²¹³/ 俗

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• Middle Chinese: nrij

Rime
Character	尼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	女夷切
Baxter	nrij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/niɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳji/
Li Rong	/nji/
Wang Li	/ni/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ní
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nei4

Definitions

尼

1. Used in transcription.

   尼日  ―  Nírì  ―  Niger

   尼加拉瓜  ―  Níjiālāguā  ―  Nicaragua

   悉尼  ―  Xīní  ―  Sydney

   尼斯湖  ―  Nísīhú  ―  Loch Ness

   尼古丁  ―  nígǔdīng  ―  nicotine

   尼龍／尼龙  ―  nílóng  ―  nylon

   比基尼  ―  bǐjīní  ―  bikini

   尼古拉·特斯拉  ―  Nígǔlā Tèsīlā  ―  Nicola Tesla

   尼爾·杭思朗／尼尔·杭思朗  ―  Ní'ěr Hángsīlǎng  ―  Niel Armstrong

   1. Buddhist nun
   2. short for 尼泊爾／尼泊尔 (Níbó'ěr, “Nepal”)

      中尼邊界／中尼边界  ―  Zhōng Ní biānjiè  ―  China-Nepal border

Compounds

• 僧尼 (sēngní)
• 尼僧 (nísēng)
• 尼姑 (nígū)
• 尼姑庵 (nígū'ān)
• 尼庵 (ní'ān)
• 比丘尼 (bǐqiūní)
• 納木那尼 / 纳木那尼 (Nàmù Nàní)

Etymology 2

trad.		尼
simp. #		尼

Unknown. Possibly a variant of 邇 (OC *njelʔ, “near”) (compare Mandarin 你 (nǐ) from 爾 (OC *njelʔ)), or a conflation of 邇 (OC *njelʔ, “near”) and 昵 (OC *niɡ) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ní, nì (ni², ni⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ, ㄋㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ní
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ní
    • Wade–Giles: ni²
    • Yale: ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nì
    • Wade–Giles: ni⁴
    • Yale: nì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nih
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nei⁴
    • Yale: nèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nrij

Rime
Character	尼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	女夷切
Baxter	nrij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/niɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳji/
Li Rong	/nji/
Wang Li	/ni/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ní
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nr[əj]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*nil/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	尼
Reading #	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ nrij ›
Old Chinese	/*nr[əj]/
English	near, close
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尼
Reading #	1/1
No.	9428
Phonetic component	尼
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	尼
Old Chinese	/*nil/

Definitions

尼

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) near; close; intimate
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) peaceful; calm
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) harmonious

Etymology 3

trad.		尼
simp. #		尼

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ní (Ni²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ní
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ní
    • Wade–Giles: Ni²
    • Yale: Ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ni
    • Palladius: Ни (Ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nei⁴
    • Yale: nèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nrij

Rime
Character	尼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	女夷切
Baxter	nrij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/niɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳji/
Li Rong	/nji/
Wang Li	/ni/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ní
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nei4

Definitions

尼

1. a surname

Etymology 4

trad.		尼
simp. #		尼

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-njal (“to sleep; to lie down”) (Sagart, 2004) while inheriting a *-t applicative suffix (Jacques, 2016a), since Middle Chinese sources quote the fanqie 女乙切 or /*ɳit̚/ (The Jingdian Shiwen section for the quotation from Mencius; see below). The stem word can be compared with the Tibetan ཉལ་པ (nyal pa, “to lie down; to go to sleep; to dwell”), and possibly with the Tangut 𗱩 (*njwij¹, “to obstruct; to obscure; to choke up”). See also 柅 (OC *nil, *nilʔ, “stopper”) attested in the Zhou Yi.

Pronunciation

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐ, nì (ni³, ni⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ, ㄋㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁵ / nai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ni³
    • Yale: nǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nì
    • Wade–Giles: ni⁴
    • Yale: nì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nih
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nei⁵ / nai⁶
    • Yale: néih / naih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵ / nai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁵ / nei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³/, /nɐi̯²²/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤərʔ/, /*nˤərʔ-s/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	尼	尼
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ní	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ nejX ›	‹ nejH ›
Old Chinese	/*nˁərʔ/	/*nˁərʔ-s/
English	to stop	to stop, obstruct
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

尼

1. (literary) to stop; to obstruct

   • 行或使之，止或尼之。行止，非人所能也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Xíng huò shǐ zhī, zhǐ huò nì zhī. Xíng zhǐ, fēi rén suǒ néng yě. [Pinyin]

     A man's advancement is effected, it may be, by others, and the stopping him is, it may be, from the efforts of others. But to advance a man or to stop his advance is really beyond the power of other men.

Compounds

• 阻尼 (zǔní)

Etymology 5

trad.		尼
simp. #		尼
alternative forms		乃 倷

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Taishan, Wiktionary): nai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: nai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdai⁵⁵/

Definitions

尼

1. (Taishanese) a few; a little bit; some
   • 該尼／该尼 [Taishanese]  ―  these ones

   • 有尼人認為台山話難過廣州話。 [Taishanese, trad.]
     有尼人认为台山话难过广州话。 [Taishanese, simp.]

     Some people think Taishanese is harder than Cantonese.

2. (Taishanese) the; those
3. (Taishanese) more; -er

   • 廣州話係唔係難尼啊？ [Taishanese, trad.]
     广州话系唔系难尼啊？ [Taishanese, simp.]

     Is Cantonese harder?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 些 (“some, a few”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		些
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	些
	Singapore	些
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啲
	Hong Kong	啲
	Taishan	尼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	啲
Hakka	Meixian	兜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	兜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	兜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	兜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	兜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	兜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	兜
Southern Min	Xiamen	寡
	Zhangzhou	寡
	Tainan	寡
	Singapore (Hokkien)	寡
	Manila (Hokkien)	寡
	Shantou	撮
	Jieyang	撮
	Singapore (Teochew)	撮
Wu	Shanghai	眼, 點, 些 formal or Mandarin-influenced
	Wenzhou	厘兒

Etymology 6

trad.		尼
simp. #		尼

Pronunciation

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Definitions

尼

1. (Leizhou Min) Prefix in non-face-to-face kinship terms.

Compounds

• 不列塔尼
• 亞美尼亞 / 亚美尼亚 (Yàměiníyà)
• 仲尼 (Zhòngní)
• 分尼
• 印尼 (Yìnní)
• 史撥尼克 / 史拨尼克 (si2 but6 nei4 hak1)
• 哈尼喀塔木 (Hāníkātǎmù)
• 哈尼族 (Hānízú)
• 坦尚尼亞 / 坦尚尼亚 (Tǎnshàngníyà)
• 多明尼加 (Duōmíngníjiā)
• 多米尼克 (Duōmǐníkè)
• 威尼斯 (Wēinísī)
• 宣尼
• 尼加拉瓜 (Níjiālāguā)
• 尼古丁 (nígǔdīng)
• 尼壇 / 尼坛
• 尼安德塔人 (ní'āndétǎrén)
• 尼斯信條 / 尼斯信条
• 尼日 (Nírì)
• 尼日利亞 / 尼日利亚 (Nírìlìyà)
• 尼日爾 / 尼日尔 (Nírì'ěr)
• 尼泊爾 / 尼泊尔 (Níbó'ěr)
• 尼父
• 尼瑪 / 尼玛 (nímǎ)
• 尼祿 / 尼禄 (Nílù)
• 尼站
• 尼童子
• 尼羅河 / 尼罗河 (Níluóhé)
• 尼采 (Nícǎi)
• 尼雅 (Níyǎ)
• 尼龍 / 尼龙 (nílóng)
• 布爾哥尼 / 布尔哥尼
• 師尼 / 师尼
• 愛奧尼亞 / 爱奥尼亚
• 愛沙尼亞 / 爱沙尼亚 (Àishāníyà)
• 提舍尼
• 摩尼教 (Móníjiào)
• 斯普特尼克 (sīpǔtèníkè)
• 梅拉尼婭 / 梅拉尼娅 (Méilāníyà)
• 歐尼 / 欧尼 (ōuní)
• 歐尼醬 / 欧尼酱 (ōuníjiàng)
• 比基尼 (bǐjīní)
• 比基尼島 / 比基尼岛
• 毗尼日用
• 毛里塔尼亞 (Máolǐtǎníyà)
• 泰坦尼克 (Tàitǎnníkè)
• 波士尼亞 / 波士尼亚 (Bōshìníyà)
• 溫尼伯 / 温尼伯 (Wēnníbó)
• 牟尼
• 白尼羅河 / 白尼罗河 (Báiníluóhé)
• 盤尼西林 / 盘尼西林 (pánníxīlín)
• 突尼斯 (Tūnísī)
• 突尼西亞 / 突尼西亚
• 維吉尼亞 / 维吉尼亚 (Wéijíníyà)
• 羅馬尼亞 / 罗马尼亚 (Luómǎníyà)
• 腓尼基 (Féiníjī)
• 腓尼基人
• 腓尼基字母 (Féiníjī zìmǔ)
• 葉尼塞河 / 叶尼塞河
• 藍尼羅河 / 蓝尼罗河 (Lánníluóhé)
• 貝貝羅尼 / 贝贝罗尼 (bèibèiluóní)
• 迪士尼 (Díshìní)
• 邁錫尼城 / 迈锡尼城
• 釋迦牟尼 / 释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní)
• 鐵達尼號 / 铁达尼号 (Tiědání-hào)
• 阿多尼斯 (Āduōnísī)
• 阿富汗尼 (āfùhànní)
• 阿尼林 (ānílín)
• 阿摩尼亞 / 阿摩尼亚 (āmóníyà)
• 陀羅尼 / 陀罗尼 (tuóluóní)
• 陀羅尼被 / 陀罗尼被
• 額爾德尼 / 额尔德尼 (É'ěrdéní)
• 馬尼拉 / 马尼拉 (Mǎnílā)
• 馬尼拉麻 / 马尼拉麻

References

• “尼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “尼”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 161.