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 Dictionary: 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 / 形声, OC *nis): semantic 肉 (“meat”) + phonetic 貳 (OC *njis).

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): nì (ni⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyi⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nei⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): nei⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): nyia⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ni / ne

(Meixian, Guangdong): ni⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): ni³
Northern Min (KCR): nā̤ / nī
Eastern Min (BUC): nê̤ṳ / né̤ṳ / nê
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lī / jī

(Teochew, Peng'im): re⁶ / ni⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni
Xiang (Changsha, 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–Hong Kong)
  - 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 Neipu)
  - 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/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nā̤ / nī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɛ⁵⁵/, /ni⁵⁵/

Note:

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

Eastern Min
- (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”).

Southern Min
- (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): /zi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: re⁶ / ni⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jṳ̆ / nĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zɯ³⁵/, /ni³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gni
  - MiniDict: nyi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: nyi⁵ / nyi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi²¹/, /n̠ʲi⁴⁵/

Note:

nyi5 - vernacular;
nyi4 - literary.

Middle Chinese: nrijH

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
Baxter	nrijH
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/
Bernhard 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
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
(Northern Min) 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 Mandarin) to stick around, causing others to be fed up
(Beijing Mandarin) to stick to (someone); to pester (someone)
(Beijing Mandarin) 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
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	膩
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	膩
Cantonese	Guangzhou	厭₁
Cantonese	Hong Kong	厭₁
Hakka	Meixian	膩
Southern Min	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):

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反顧 / 反顾 (fǎngù) (literary)
彳亍 (chìchù) (literary, figurative)
彷徨 (pánghuáng) (figurative)
徘徊 (figurative)
拿不定主意 (nábùdìng zhǔyì)
游移 (yóuyí)
猶疑 / 犹疑 (yóuyí)
猶豫 / 犹豫 (yóuyù)
疑蟯 / 疑蛲 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
盤桓 / 盘桓 (pánhuán) (figurative)
踟躇 (chíchú)
踟躕 / 踟蹰 (chíchú)
躊躇 / 踌躇 (chóuchú)
巡巡 (xúnxún) (literary)
逡巡 (qūnxún) (literary)
遲疑 / 迟疑 (chíyí)

Compounds

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
滑膩 / 滑腻 (huánì)
溫膩 / 温腻
滑膩膩 / 滑腻腻
潤膩 / 润腻
潔膩 / 洁腻
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
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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): nau⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - 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”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Eastern Min (BUC): né̤ṳ / lé̤ṳ

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

Definitions

膩

(Eastern Min) to nap; to doze

Japanese

Kanji

膩

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): じ (ji)、に (ni)
Kun: あぶら (abura)、あぶらあか (aburāka)

Korean

Hanja

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

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