# 尼

| 尼 | U+5C3C, &#23612; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C3C |
| ← 尻 [U+5C3B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 尽 → [U+5C3D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

尼 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸心 (SP), four-corner 7721$_1$, composition ⿸尸匕)

#### Derived characters

* 呢, 泥, 妮, 昵, 𮋯, 旎, 柅, 鈮(铌), 秜, 𥿡, 𫆜

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 300, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7635
* Dae Jaweon: page 596, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 965, character 4
* Unihan data for U+5C3C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 尼 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 泥 | *niːl, *niːls |
| 屔 | *niːl |
| 苨 | *niːlʔ |
| 坭 | *niːlʔ |
| 迡 | *niːls |
| 埿 | *braːms, *niːl, *niːls |
| 旎 | *nilʔ |
| 狔 | *nilʔ |
| 抳 | *nilʔ |
| 尼 | *nil |
| 呢 | *nil |
| 怩 | *nil |
| 柅 | *nil, *nilʔ |
| 蚭 | *nil |
| 跜 | *nil |
| 秜 | *nil |
| 痆 | *rniːd |
| 昵 | *niɡ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意). The character does not appear as an independent character in the oracle bone script but appears as a component of 𢓚 and 秜. The character shows a man (尸) sitting on or leaning on another man (匕), giving the original meaning of “to stop” or “close; intimate”; the derivative 昵 refers to the latter meaning.
Shuowen Jiezi considered it as a phono-sematic compound, but this is widely discredited by later scholars.
Compare 化, 比, 北, and 卬.

### Etymology 1
#### "Buddhist nun"

Clipping of 比丘尼 (bǐqiūní), from Sanskrit भिक्षुणी (bhikṣuṇī, “female beggar”) or Pali bhikkhunī (“female beggar”). Compare Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “beggar”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): ní (ni$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyi$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nei$^4$ / nai$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): nai$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): nyi$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): nì
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ni$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ni$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): nà̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): nî / lî / lûi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ni$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$gni / $^2$gni
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ní
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ní
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^2$
*** Yale: ní
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
*** Sinological IPA : /nʲi²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nei$^4$ / nai$^4$
*** Yale: nèih / nàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nei$^4$ / nai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: néi$^4$ / nei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /nei̯²¹/, /nɐi̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: nai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ⁿdai²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: nyi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲi³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nì
*** Hakka Romanization System: ni$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ni$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ni¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ni$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ni¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ni$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ni¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nà̤
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡɛ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Tainan, Taichung, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî
*** Tâi-lô: nî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nii
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Tainan, Lukang, Yilan): /nĩ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Hsinchu, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî
*** Tâi-lô: lî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lii
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Tainan, Lukang, Kinmen): /li²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³/
** (Hokkien: Taipei, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi
*** Tâi-lô: luî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: luii
*** IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ni$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nî
*** Sinological IPA : /ni⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gni
*** MiniDict: nyi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²³/
** (Northern: Suzhou, Hangzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$gni
*** MiniDict: nyi$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /n̠ʲi²²³/
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /n̠ʲi²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: nyi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲi¹³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit尼 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ni³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ni²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ni⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ȵi⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ni⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ni⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ni²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /mji²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /mi⁵³/ /ni⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ȵi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ȵi⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ni²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ȵi³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ni²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ni³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /li²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /zz̩⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ni¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ȵi¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ni³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵi²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ȵi¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ȵi²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ȵi³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ni⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ȵie⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ȵi¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ȵi¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ȵi⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ni¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ni¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /nei²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /nɐi²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /nei²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ni³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /nɛ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ni²¹/ /mi³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /nĩ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ni³¹/ /ni²¹³/ 俗 |
* Middle Chinese: nrij
Rime :
| Character | 尼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 女夷切 |
| Baxter | nrij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɳˠiɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɳᵚi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /niɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɳji/ |
| Li Rong | /nji/ |
| Wang Li | /ni/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ni/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ní |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | nei$^4$ |

#### Definitions

尼
* Used in transcription.
    尼日 ― Nírì ― Niger
    尼加拉瓜 ― Níjiālāguā ― Nicaragua
    悉尼 ― Xīní ― Sydney
    尼斯湖 ― Nísīhú ― Loch Ness
    尼古丁 ― nígǔdīng ― nicotine
    尼龍／尼龙 ― nílóng ― nylon
    比基尼 ― bǐjīní ― bikini
    尼古拉·特斯拉 ― Nígǔlā Tèsīlā ― Nicola Tesla
    尼爾·杭思朗／尼尔·杭思朗 ― Ní'ěr Hángsīlǎng ― Niel Armstrong
** Buddhist nun
** Short for 尼泊爾／尼泊尔 (Níbó'ěr, “Nepal”).
    中尼邊界／中尼边界 ― Zhōng Ní biānjiè ― China-Nepal border

#### Compounds

* 僧尼 (sēngní)
* 尼僧 (nísēng)
* 尼姑 (nígū)
* 尼姑庵 (nígū'ān)
* 尼庵 (ní'ān)
* 比丘尼 (bǐqiūní)
* 納木那尼 / 纳木那尼 (Nàmù Nàní)

### Etymology 2

Unknown. Possibly a variant of 邇 (OC *njelʔ, “near”) (compare Mandarin 你 (nǐ) from 爾 (OC *njelʔ)), or a conflation of 邇 (OC *njelʔ, “near”) and 昵 (OC *niɡ) (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ní, nì (ni$^2$, ni$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ, ㄋㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nei$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ní
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ní
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^2$
*** Yale: ní
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni³⁵/
** (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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nei$^4$
*** Yale: nèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: néi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /nei̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: nrij
Rime :
| Character | 尼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 女夷切 |
| Baxter | nrij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɳˠiɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɳᵚi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /niɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɳji/ |
| Li Rong | /nji/ |
| Wang Li | /ni/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ni/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ní |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | nei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*nr[əj]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*nil/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 尼 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | ní |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nrij › |
| Old Chinese | /*nr[əj]/ |
| English | near, close |
| 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 | 尼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9428 |
| Phonetic component | 尼 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 尼 |
| Old Chinese | /*nil/ |

#### Definitions

尼
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) near; close; intimate
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) peaceful; calm
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) harmonious

### Etymology 3

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Ní (Ni$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nei$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Ní
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Ní
*** Wade–Giles: Ni$^2$
*** Yale: Ní
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ni
*** Palladius: Ни (Ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nei$^4$
*** Yale: nèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: néi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /nei̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: nrij
Rime :
| Character | 尼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 女夷切 |
| Baxter | nrij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɳˠiɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɳᵚi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /niɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɳji/ |
| Li Rong | /nji/ |
| Wang Li | /ni/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ni/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ní |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | nei$^4$ |

#### Definitions

尼
* a surname

### Etymology 4

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-njal (“to sleep; to lie down”) (Sagart, 2004) while inheriting a *-t applicative suffix (Jacques, 2016a), since Middle Chinese sources quote the fanqie 女乙切 or /*ɳit̚/ (The Jingdian Shiwen section for the quotation from Mencius; see below). The stem word can be compared with the Tibetan ཉལ་པ (nyal pa, “to lie down; to go to sleep; to dwell”), and possibly with the Tangut 𗱩 (*njwij¹, “to obstruct; to obscure; to choke up”). See also 柅 (OC *nil, *nilʔ, “stopper”) attested in the Zhou Yi.

#### Pronunciation

(Can we verify this pronunciation?)
* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nǐ, nì (ni$^3$, ni$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ, ㄋㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nei$^5$ / nai$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^3$
*** Yale: nǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni²¹⁴/
** (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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nei$^5$ / nai$^6$
*** Yale: néih / naih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nei$^5$ / nai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: néi$^5$ / nei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /nei̯¹³/, /nɐi̯²²/
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤərʔ/, /*nˤərʔ-s/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 尼 | 尼 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | ní | ní |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nej$^X$ › | ‹ nej$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*nˁərʔ/ | /*nˁərʔ-s/ |
| English | to stop | to stop, obstruct |
| 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. |||

#### Definitions

尼
* (literary) to stop; to obstruct
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Xíng huò shǐ zhī, zhǐ huò nì zhī. Xíng zhǐ, fēi rén suǒ néng yě. [Pinyin]
    A man's advancement is effected, it may be, by others, and the stopping him is, it may be, from the efforts of others. But to advance a man or to stop his advance is really beyond the power of other men.

#### Compounds

* 阻尼 (zǔní)

### Etymology 5

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

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Taishan, Wiktionary): nai$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: nai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ⁿdai⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

尼
* (Taishanese) a few; a little bit; some
** 該尼／该尼 [Taishanese] ― these ones
    Some people think Taishanese is harder than Cantonese.
* (Taishanese) the; those
* (Taishanese) more; -er
    Is Cantonese harder?

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 些 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 些 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 些 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 啲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 啲 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 尼 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 啲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 兜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 兜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 撮 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 撮 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 撮 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 眼, 點, 些 formal or Mandarin-influenced |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 厘兒 |

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

#### Definitions

尼
* (Leizhou Min) Prefix in non-face-to-face kinship terms.

### Compounds

* 不列塔尼
* 亞美尼亞 / 亚美尼亚 (Yàměiníyà)
* 仲尼 (Zhòngní)
* 分尼
* 印尼 (Yìnní)
* 史撥尼克 / 史拨尼克 (si2 but6 nei4 hak1)
* 哈尼喀塔木 (Hāníkātǎmù)
* 哈尼族 (Hānízú)
* 坦尚尼亞 / 坦尚尼亚 (Tǎnshàngníyà)
* 多明尼加 (Duōmíngníjiā)
* 多米尼克 (Duōmǐníkè)
* 威尼斯 (Wēinísī)
* 宣尼
* 尼加拉瓜 (Níjiālāguā)
* 尼古丁 (nígǔdīng)
* 尼壇 / 尼坛
* 尼安德塔人 (ní'āndétǎrén)
* 尼斯信條 / 尼斯信条
* 尼日 (Nírì)
* 尼日利亞 / 尼日利亚 (Nírìlìyà)
* 尼日爾 / 尼日尔 (Nírì'ěr)
* 尼泊爾 / 尼泊尔 (Níbó'ěr)
* 尼父
* 尼瑪 / 尼玛 (nímǎ)
* 尼祿 / 尼禄 (Nílù)
* 尼站
* 尼童子
* 尼羅河 / 尼罗河 (Níluóhé)
* 尼采 (Nícǎi)
* 尼雅 (Níyǎ)
* 尼龍 / 尼龙 (nílóng)
* 布爾哥尼 / 布尔哥尼
* 師尼 / 师尼
* 愛奧尼亞 / 爱奥尼亚
* 愛沙尼亞 / 爱沙尼亚 (Àishāníyà)
* 提舍尼
* 摩尼教 (Móníjiào)
* 斯普特尼克 (sīpǔtèníkè)
* 梅拉尼婭 / 梅拉尼娅 (Méilāníyà)
* 歐尼 / 欧尼 (ōuní)
* 歐尼醬 / 欧尼酱 (ōuníjiàng)
* 比基尼 (bǐjīní)
* 比基尼島 / 比基尼岛
* 毗尼日用
* 毛里塔尼亞 (Máolǐtǎníyà)
* 泰坦尼克 (Tàitǎnníkè)
* 波士尼亞 / 波士尼亚 (Bōshìníyà)
* 溫尼伯 / 温尼伯 (Wēnníbó)
* 牟尼
* 白尼羅河 / 白尼罗河 (Báiníluóhé)
* 盤尼西林 / 盘尼西林 (pánníxīlín)
* 突尼斯 (Tūnísī)
* 突尼西亞 / 突尼西亚
* 維吉尼亞 / 维吉尼亚 (Wéijíníyà)
* 羅馬尼亞 / 罗马尼亚 (Luómǎníyà)
* 腓尼基 (Féiníjī)
* 腓尼基人
* 腓尼基字母 (Féiníjī zìmǔ)
* 葉尼塞河 / 叶尼塞河
* 藍尼羅河 / 蓝尼罗河 (Lánníluóhé)
* 貝貝羅尼 / 贝贝罗尼 (bèibèiluóní)
* 迪士尼 (Díshìní)
* 邁錫尼城 / 迈锡尼城
* 釋迦牟尼 / 释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní)
* 鐵達尼號 / 铁达尼号 (Tiědání-hào)
* 阿多尼斯 (Āduōnísī)
* 阿富汗尼 (āfùhànní)
* 阿尼林 (ānílín)
* 阿摩尼亞 / 阿摩尼亚 (āmóníyà)
* 陀羅尼 / 陀罗尼 (tuóluóní)
* 陀羅尼被 / 陀罗尼被
* 額爾德尼 / 额尔德尼 (É'ěrdéní)
* 馬尼拉 / 马尼拉 (Mǎnílā)
* 馬尼拉麻 / 马尼拉麻

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: に (ni, Jōyō)、ねい (nei)
* Kan-on: じ (ji)、でい (dei)
* Kun: あま (ama, 尼, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 尼(に)僧(そう) (nisō, “a sister: a Buddhist or Christian nun”)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 尼
* あま Grade: S
* kun'yomi
Probably ultimately from Pali amma (“mother; woman”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あま [áꜜmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* (Tokyo) あま [àmá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [a̠ma̠]

#### Noun

尼(あま) • (ama)
* nun
* (derogatory) woman

##### Derived terms

* 尼(あま)君(ぎみ) (amagimi, “honorific term of address for a nun of high social standing”)
* 尼(あま)御(ご)前(ぜん) (ama gozen, “honorific term of address for a nun”)
* 尼(あま)寺(でら) (amadera, “a Buddhist temple at which nuns live; a Christian convent or nunnery”)
* 尼(あま)法(ほう)師(し) (ama hōshi, “an ordained Buddhist nun”)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 尼
* あま Grade: S
* kun'yomi
Clipping of アマゾン (Amazon, “Amazon.com Inc”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [a̠ma̠]

#### Proper noun

尼(あま) • (Ama)
* (Internet slang, dated) Amazon (Amazon.com Inc)
** 2019 December 19, 闇陰ひかる@騎士団長兼任提督, Twitter‎:
    あ、空(くう)戦(せん)アルト売(う)ってる（´・ω・`）でも明日(あす)尼(あま)から届(とど)くから
       A, kūsen-Aruto utteru (´ ω `) demo asu Ama kara todoku kara
       Ah, aerial combat version of Alt is sold :( but I'll get it from Amazon tomorrow

##### Synonyms

* 密(みつ)林(りん) (mitsurin)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 尼 (MC nrij). Recorded as Middle Korean 니 (ni) (Yale: ni) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 尼 (eumhun 여승 니 (yeoseung ni), word-initial (South Korea) 여승 이 (yeoseung i))
* hanja form of 니/이 (“a Buddhist nun”)

#### Compounds

* 비구니 (比丘尼, biguni)
* 석가모니 (釋迦牟尼, Seokgamoni)
* 이승 (尼僧, iseung)
* 인니 (印尼, Inni)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

尼: Hán Nôm readings: ni, này, nê, nơi, nầy, nì
* chữ Hán form of ni (“(only in compounds) Buddhist nun; (local accent) this, these”).
* chữ Nôm form of này (“this; these; here”).
* chữ Nôm form of nơi (“place”).