尼瑪

See also: 尼玛

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (尼瑪)		尼	瑪
simp. (尼玛)		尼	玛

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tibetan ཉི་མ (nyi ma, “sun”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Nímǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ maa⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Nímǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nímǎ
  - Wade–Giles: Ni²-ma³
  - Yale: Ní-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nimaa
  - Palladius: Нима (Nima)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁴ maa⁵
  - Yale: nèih máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ maː¹³/

Proper noun

尼瑪

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

Etymology 2

Similar-sounding to 你媽／你妈 (nǐ mā).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nímǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄇㄚˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nímǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nímǎ
  - Wade–Giles: ni²-ma³
  - Yale: ní-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nimaa
  - Palladius: нима (nima)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Interjection

尼瑪

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