倪倪

Chinese

		small and weak	small and weak
simp. and trad. (倪倪)		倪	倪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níní

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄋㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níní
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níní
    • Wade–Giles: ni²-ni²
    • Yale: ní-ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nini
    • Palladius: нини (nini)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ ni³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngej ngej

Rime
Character	倪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五稽切
Baxter	ngej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj/
Li Rong	/ŋei/
Wang Li	/ŋiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤe  ŋˤe/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː  ŋeː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	倪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ ngej ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋˁe/
English	young and weak
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	倪
Reading #	1/1
No.	2736
Phonetic component	兒
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	倪
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/

Adjective

倪倪

1. (literary, ideophonic) young and weak; immature

Synonyms

• 幼弱 (yòuruò)