膩

See also: 腻

膩	U+81A9, 膩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81A9

← 膨
[U+81A8]

CJK Unified Ideographs

膪 →
[U+81AA]

Translingual

Han character

膩 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月戈心金 (BIPC), four-corner 7324₀, composition ⿰月貳(GJK) or ⿰⺼貳(HT))

Derived characters

𫬤

References

KangXi: page 994, character 5

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29862

Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 20

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2110, character 1

Unihan data for U+81A9

Chinese

trad.		膩
simp.		腻
2nd round simp.		胒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (二) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
膩	*nis
二	*njis
弍	*njis
貳	*njis
樲	*njis

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *nis) : semantic 肉 (“meat”) + phonetic 貳 (OC *njis).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): nì (ni⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ
(Chengdu, SP): nyi⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): nei⁶
(Taishan, Wiktionary): nei⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): nyia⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ni / ne
(Meixian, Guangdong): ni⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): ni³
Min Bei (KCR): nā̤ / nī
Min Dong (BUC): nê̤ṳ / né̤ṳ / nê
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lī / jī
(Teochew, Peng'im): re⁶ / ni⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): nyi (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): nyi⁵ / nyi⁴

Mandarin
- (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/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲi²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁶
  - Yale: neih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: nei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdei³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: nyia⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲia¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ni / ne
  - Hakka Romanization System: ni / ne
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ni⁴ / ne⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ni⁵⁵/, /ne⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ni⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ni⁵³/

Note:

Sixian:
- ni - “fatty; oily”;
- ne - “too greasy”.

Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ni³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ni⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nā̤ / nī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɛ⁵⁵/, /ni⁵⁵/

Note:

nā̤ - vernacular (“too greasy; to become soggy”);
nī - literary.

Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nê̤ṳ / né̤ṳ / nê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡøy²⁴²/, /nˡøy²¹³/, /nˡɛi²⁴²/

Note:

nê̤ṳ - vernacular (“oily”);
né̤ṳ - vernacular (“too greasy or sweet; to be sick of”);
nê - literary (“meticulous”).

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
  - Tâi-lô: lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: li
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī
  - Tâi-lô: jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ji
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: re⁶ / ni⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jṳ̆ / nĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zɯ³⁵/, /ni³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: nyi (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: nyi⁵ / nyi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi²¹/, /n̠ʲi⁴⁵/

Note:

nyi5 - vernacular;
nyi4 - literary.

Middle Chinese: /ɳˠiɪ^H/

Rime
Character	膩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	女利切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/niɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳji^H/
Li Rong	/nji^H/
Wang Li	/ni^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nei⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*nri[j]-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*nis/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	膩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nì
Middle Chinese	‹ nrij^H ›
Old Chinese	/*nri[j]-s/
English	oily
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	膩
Reading #	1/1
No.	2823
Phonetic component	二
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	膩
Old Chinese	/*nis/

Definitions

膩

fatty; oily
too greasy to bear
肥而不膩／肥而不腻 ― féi ér bù nì ― fat but not too greasy
(Min Bei) to become soggy
meticulous; delicate; glossy
to make (someone) feel sick; to disgust (someone)
to be sick of; to be tired of
(literary) dirt
sticky; grimy
intimate; close
(Beijing) to stick around, causing others to be fed up
(Beijing) to stick to (someone); to pester (someone)
(Beijing) to fill a crack; to putty
(Sichuanese) to hesitate; to be irresolute

Synonyms

(too greasy): (Sichuanese) 釀／酿 (nyiang4)
(to be sick of):

Dialectal synonyms of 膩 (“to be sick of; to be tired of”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		膩, 厭倦
Mandarin	Taiwan	膩
Mandarin	Singapore	膩
Cantonese	Guangzhou	厭₁
Cantonese	Hong Kong	厭₁
Hakka	Meixian	膩
Min Nan	Taipei	厭₂ GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	厭₂
	Manila (Hokkien)	厭₂
	Shantou	飫
	Jieyang	厭₂
	Singapore (Teochew)	厭₂
Wu	Wenzhou	㾯
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

(to hesitate):

edit

Synonyms of 膩

巡巡 (xúnxún) (literary)
彳亍 (chìchù) (literary, figurative)
彷徨 (pánghuáng) (figurative)
徘徊 (páihuái) (figurative)
拿不定主意 (nábùdìng zhǔyì)

游移 (yóuyí)
逡巡 (qūnxún) (literary)
猶疑／犹疑 (yóuyí)
猶豫／犹豫 (yóuyù)
疑蟯／疑蛲 (Min Nan)

盤桓／盘桓 (pánhuán) (figurative)
膩 (Sichuanese)
躊躇／踌躇 (chóuchú)
遲疑／迟疑 (chíyí)

Compounds

Derived terms from 膩

刷膩／刷腻
厭膩／厌腻
吃膩／吃腻 (chīnì)
垢膩／垢腻
塵膩／尘腻
宿膩／宿腻
怪膩的／怪腻的
懊膩／懊腻
抹膩／抹腻
捻捻膩膩／捻捻腻腻
撒膩滯／撒腻滞
柔膩／柔腻
楚膩／楚腻
汙膩／污腻
油膩／油腻 (yóunì)
油膩膩／油腻腻
津膩／津腻
溫膩／温腻
滑膩／滑腻 (huánì)
滑膩膩／滑腻腻
潔膩／洁腻
潤膩／润腻
潮膩／潮腻
烏膩／乌腻
煩膩／烦腻
熬膩／熬腻
瑩膩／莹腻
甜膩／甜腻 (tiánnì)
甜膩膩／甜腻腻

癡雲膩雨／痴云腻雨
白膩／白腻
稔稔膩膩／稔稔腻腻
稔膩／稔腻
窩窩膩膩／窝窝腻腻
細膩／细腻 (xìnì)
綺膩／绮腻
羶膩／羶腻
肥膩／肥腻 (féinì)
脂膩／脂腻
脂膩氣／脂腻气
腥膩／腥腻
膩人／腻人
膩友／腻友
膩味／腻味 (nìwèi)
膩垢／腻垢
膩壤／腻壤
膩子／腻子 (nìzi)
膩得得／腻得得
膩心／腻心
膩抹／腻抹
膩抹兒／腻抹儿
膩旗／腻旗
膩柳／腻柳
膩格格／腻格格
膩歪／腻歪 (nìwai)
膩滑／腻滑
膩滯／腻滞
膩滯滯／腻滞滞

膩澤／腻泽
膩煩／腻烦 (nìfán)
膩玉／腻玉
膩理／腻理
膩的慌／腻的慌
膩穢／腻秽
膩粉／腻粉
膩糊／腻糊
膩縫／腻缝
膩胃／腻胃
膩蟲／腻虫 (nìchóng)
膩語／腻语
膩雲／腻云
膩顏帢／腻颜帢
膩香／腻香
臉欺膩玉／脸欺腻玉
苦膩／苦腻
豐膩／丰腻
豪蘇膩柳／豪苏腻柳
貓膩／猫腻 (māonì)
起膩／起腻
雨膏煙膩／雨膏烟腻
雲膩／云腻
靡顏膩理／靡颜腻理
餘膩／余腻
香膩／香腻
鬆膩／松腻
鬱膩／郁腻
黃膩膩／黄腻腻

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): nau⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nau⁶
  - Yale: nauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: neo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯²²/

Definitions

膩

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

Pronunciation

Min Dong (BUC): né̤ṳ / lé̤ṳ

Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: né̤ṳ / lé̤ṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡøy²¹³/, /l̃øy²¹³/

Definitions

膩

(Min Dong) to nap; to doze

Japanese

Kanji

膩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): じ (ji), に (ni)

Kun: あぶら (abura), あぶらあか (aburaaka)

Korean

Hanja

膩 • (ni>i) (hangeul 니>이, revised ni>i, McCune–Reischauer ni>i, Yale ni>i)

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