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ni

Pronunciation Northern /ni˧˧/ Central /ni˧˥/ Southern /ni˧˧/
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this
Determiner
this
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3 senses
Meaning
3 senses
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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
伲
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
伲
Candidates by syllable
ni 伲(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 …
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Use
thích ca mâu ni / ma ni giáo / cư ni / tỉ khâu ni …
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