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niè

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niè Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
niè | nie4
English translation
to blacken; slime, black mud

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About niè

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

niè

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of niè

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵圼

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

niè

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Example sentences using niè

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普京 Pǔ jīng duì 聚集 jù jí zài zhè zuò 城市 chéngshì de 蜿蜒 wān yán 的涅瓦 pàn de 世界 shìjiè 各国 gè guó 领导人 lǐng dǎo rén 这样 zhè yàng 说道 shuō dào .

Putin told world leaders gathering along the city's winding Neva River.

zhēng 骑车 qí chē 行进 xíng jìn zài 贡比涅附近 fùjìn de 乡村 xiāng cūn 道路 dào lù shǎng

She was cycling along a country road near Compiegne.

尼科尔斯动身 dòngshēn zài 康涅狄格州 Kāng niè dí gé zhōu de 偏僻 piānpì 农舍 nóng shè le

Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut.

康涅狄格州 Kāng niè dí gé zhōu 同意 tóngyì 不再 bù zài 隔离 gélí huàn 艾滋病 aì zī bìng de 囚犯 qiú fàn

Connecticut agreed to end its segregation of prison inmates suffering from AIDS.

Words with niè

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
niè to blacken niè
康涅狄格州 Kāng niè dí gé zhōu Connecticut, US state康涅狄格州 Kāng niè dí gé zhōu
康涅狄格 Kāng niè dí gé Connecticut, US state康涅狄格 Kāng niè dí gé
勃列日涅夫 Bó liè rì niè fū Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1966-1982勃列日涅夫 Bó liè rì niè fū
屠格涅夫 Tú gé niè fū Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist屠格涅夫 Tú gé niè fū
埃涅阿斯 Aī niè ā sī Aeneas, hero of Virgil's Aeneid埃涅阿斯 Aī niè ā sī
涅瓦河 Niè wǎ Hé Nyeva or Neva River (through St Petersburg)涅瓦河 Niè wǎ Hé
海涅 Hǎi niè Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German lyric poet海涅 Hǎi niè

niè Decomposition & Compounds

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