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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nì | ni4
English translation
contrary
opposite
backwards
to go against
to oppose
to betray
to rebel
to disobey, to rebel; traitor, rebel

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

A disobedient  person  chuò also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

辶屰

Explanation

Originally written as , a pictograph of an upside-down person. The chuò (walk) component was added later.

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dāng lǎo ēn xiāo 发现 fāxiàn de 儿子 érzi 这样 zhè yàng 虐待 nüèdài 所谓 suǒ wèi de 可怜 kělián de 孤儿 gū ér shí , 这种 zhè zhǒng 逆来顺受 nì lái shùn shòu 使 shǐ 老恩 xiāo 冒火 mào huǒ le .

This endurance made old Earnshaw furious, when he discovered his son persecuting the poor, fatherless child, as he called

chuán yīn cháo ér màn 下来 xià lai .

The ship was slowed down by counter tides.

阴虚阳 Mǎn 麻疹 má zhěn 已透者.剂量 jì liàng 可能 kěnéng 导致 dǎozhì 头痛 tóu tòng yūn dǒu wèi 发炎 fāyán jīng 病态 bìng tài 勃起 bó qǐ .

Large dosage can cause headaches, dizziness, vomiting, tremors, gastroenteritis and pathogenic erections.

如果 rúguǒ 轮子 lún zi shì 逆时针 nì shí zhēn 方向 fāngxiàng 旋转 xuánzhuǎn , 角动量 jiǎo dòng liàng 矢量 shǐ liàng de 方向 fāngxiàng Cháo Dōng .

If the wheel is rotating counterclockwise, its angular - momentum vector is directed eastward.

gǎn duì dòng shǒu ! jiào 大逆不道 dà nì bù dào .

Don't you raise your hand to me! It's high treason.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
contrary
逆转 nì zhuǎn to turn back逆轉
叛逆 pàn nì to rebel叛逆 pàn nì
逆境 nì jìng adversity逆境 nì jìng
逆向 nì xiàng backwards逆向 nì xiàng
逆行 nìxíng to go the wrong way逆行 nìxíng
逆流 nì liú against the stream逆流 nì liú
可逆 kě nì reversible可逆 kě nì
逆来顺受 nì lái shùn shòu to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it逆來順受
贸易逆差 mào yì nì chā trade deficit貿易逆差
逆风 nì fēng contrary wind逆風
逆时针 nì shí zhēn anticlockwise逆時針
逆反心理 nì fǎn xīn lǐ reverse psychology逆反心理 nì fǎn xīn lǐ
逆差 nì chā trade deficit逆差 nì chā
不可逆转 bù kě nì zhuǎn irreversible不可逆轉
逆光 nì guāng backlighting (lighting design)逆光 nì guāng
大逆不道 dà nì bù dào disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society)大逆不道 dà nì bù dào
可逆性 kě nì xìng reversibility可逆性 kě nì xìng
倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī to try to turn back history倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī
逆耳 nì ěr unpleasant to hear逆耳 nì ěr
逆反 nì fǎn ob-逆反 nì fǎn
呃逆 è nì to hiccup呃逆 è nì
逆子 nì zǐ unfilial son逆子 nì zǐ
逆流而上 nì liú ér shàng to sail against the current逆流而上 nì liú ér shàng
逆水行舟 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu lit. a boat going against the current (idiom); fig. you must work harder逆水行舟 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu

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