# 膩

| 膩 | U+81A9, &#33193; 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 7324$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (ni$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyi$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nei$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): nei$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): nyia$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ni / ne
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ni$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ni$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): nā̤ / nī
* Eastern Min (BUC): nê̤ṳ / né̤ṳ / nê
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lī / jī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): re$^6$ / ni$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gni
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyi$^5$ / nyi$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nì
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nì
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^4$
*** Yale: nì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nih
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
*** Sinological IPA : /nʲi²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nei$^6$
*** Yale: neih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nei$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: néi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /nei̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: nei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ⁿdei³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: nyia$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲia¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ni / ne
*** Hakka Romanization System: ni / ne
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ni$^4$ / ne$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ni⁵⁵/, /ne⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ni$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ni⁵³/
* Sixian:
** ni - “fatty; oily”;
** ne - “too greasy”.
* 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$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ni$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | nì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | nei$^6$ |
* 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 | 膩 |
| 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):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 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 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 厭$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 厭$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 飫 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 厭$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 厭$_2$ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 㾯 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
* (to hesitate):
* 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)
* 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): nau$^6$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nau$^6$
*** Yale: nauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: neo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /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 : /nˡøy²¹³/, /l̃øy²¹³/

#### Definitions

膩
* (Eastern Min) to nap; to doze

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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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