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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nǐ | ni3
English translation
to draft, to plan; to intend

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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hand

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌疑

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
模拟 mó nǐ imitation模擬
to plan to
虚拟 xū nǐ to imagine虛擬
拟定 nǐdìng to draw up擬定
草拟 cǎo nǐ first draft草擬
比拟 bǐ nǐ to compare比擬
模拟器 mó nǐ qì emulator模擬器
拟订 nǐ dìng to draw up (a plan)擬訂
拟合 nǐ hé a (close) fit擬合
拟人 nǐ rén personification擬人
拟议 nǐ yì proposal擬議
拟态 nǐ tài (biol.) mimicry擬態
虚拟机 xū nǐ jī virtual machine虛擬機
拟作 nǐ zuò a pastiche擬作
研拟 yán nǐ to investigate and plan forward研擬
摹拟 mó nǐ imitation摹擬
拟稿 nǐ gǎo to draft (a statement)擬稿
拟古 nǐ gǔ to emulate a classic擬古
拟于不伦 nǐ yú bù lún to draw an impossible comparison擬於不倫
拟古之作 nǐ gǔ zhī zuò a pastiche擬古之作

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