ní
倪 (ní) is a Chinese word meaning “(literary) small child; (literary) limit; bound; extremity; (literary) to differentiate”.
Meanings
- 1(literary) small child
- 2(literary) limit; bound; extremity
- 3(literary) to differentiate
- 4(literary) origin; cause
Related words
端倪boundary一窥端倪to infer easily; to guess at a glance; to get a clue不可端倪impossible to get even an outline (idiom)俾倪parapet耄倪old and young倪surname Ni倪匡Ni Kuang (1935–2022), Chinese novelist and screenwriter倪嗣冲Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] during his unsuccessful 1915 bid for Empire倪柝声Ni Tuosheng or Watchman Nee (1903-1972), influential Chinese Christian倪桂珍Ni Guizhen or Ni Kwei-Tseng (1869 - 1931), mother of Song Ailing 宋藹齡|宋蔼龄[Song4 Ai3 ling2], Song Qingling 宋慶齡|宋庆龄[Song4 Qing4 ling2] and Song Meiling 宋美齡|宋美龄[Song4 Mei3 ling2]熊倪Xiong Ni (1974-), Chinese diving athlete狄俄倪索斯Dionysus, the god of wine in Greek mythology