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ni

Pronunciation Northern /ni˧˧/ Central /ni˧˥/ Southern /ni˧˧/
Listen
this
Determiner
this
3 senses
Meaning
3 senses

Determiner

Sense 1 Determiner
this

A word used to point to something that is close to the speaker.

vi Cái ni là của ai vậy?

en Who does this thing belong to?

Adverb

Sense 2 Adverb
now

A dialect term used to refer to the present time or at this moment.

vi Chừ ni bạn đang làm gì đó?

en What are you doing right now?

Noun

Sense 3 Noun
yardstick

ni — a rare unit or term; verify before learner display

vi Ni là ký hiệu hóa học của niken.

en Ni is the chemical symbol for nickel.

Parts
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
Candidates by syllable
ni (妮 / 尼 / 鈮)
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
ni lông / ni tơ / ni cô / ni cô tin …
Use
thích ca mâu ni / ma ni giáo / cư ni / tỉ khâu ni …
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