Cantonese words starting with N
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躡蹑
nip6to walk on tiptoe; to tread (on); to step on; to sneak
鎳镍
nip6nickel (chemistry)
鑷镊
nip6tweezers; nippers; to nip; to pluck out
隉陧
nip6dangerous
顳颞
nip6bones of the temple (on the human head)
涅白
nip6 baak6opaque white
鎳箔镍箔
nip6 bok6nickel sheet
躡悄悄蹑悄悄
nip6 ciu2 ciu2softly
躡登蹑登
nip6 dang1to go up
躡蹀蹑蹀
nip6 dip6to walk with mincing steps
躡跟蹑跟
nip6 gan1too large or small for the feet (of shoes)
躡機蹑机
nip6 gei1silk loom with a foot peddle
躡腳蹑脚
nip6 goek3to walk cautiously in order not to make noise
躡腳根蹑脚根
nip6 goek3 gan1variant of 躡腳跟|蹑脚跟[nie4 jiao3 gen1]
躡腳跟蹑脚跟
nip6 goek3 gan1to walk cautiously in order not to make noise
捏估
nip6 gu2to act as a go-between
顳骨颞骨
nip6 gwat1temporal bone
捏合
nip6 hap6to act as a go between
捏一把汗
nip6 jat1 baa2 hon6to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
捏一把冷汗
nip6 jat1 baa2 laang5 hon6to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
聶耳聂耳
nip6 ji5Nie Er (1912-1935), musician and composer of the PRC national anthem March of the Volunteer Army 義勇軍進行曲|义勇军进行曲
顳葉颞叶
nip6 jip6temporal lobe
顳顬颞颥
nip6 jyu4temple (the sides of human head)
聶拉木聂拉木
nip6 laai1 muk6see 聶拉木縣|聂拉木县[Nie4 la1 mu4 Xian4]
聶拉木縣聂拉木县
nip6 laai1 muk6 jyun6Nyalam, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet
躡履蹑履
nip6 lei5to wear shoes
聶姆曹娃聂姆曹娃
nip6 mou5 cou4 waa1Božena Němcová (1820-1862), Czech writer
涅瓦
nip6 ngaa5the Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg)
涅瓦河
nip6 ngaa5 ho4Nyeva or Neva River (through St Petersburg)
涅槃
nip6 pun4(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4 pan2 na4])
涅磐
nip6 pun4variant of 涅槃[nie4 pan2]
躡手躡腳蹑手蹑脚
nip6 sau2 nip6 goek3to walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom)
涅石
nip6 sek6alumen
聶衛平聂卫平
nip6 wai6 ping4Nie Weiping (1952-), professional Go player
聶榮聂荣
nip6 wing4see 聶榮縣|聂荣县[Nie4 rong2 Xian4]
聶榮縣聂荣县
nip6 wing4 jyun6Nyainrong, a county in Nagqu City 那曲市[Na4 qu3 Shi4], Tibet
捏脊
nip6 zek3form of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed, working from the base of the spine to the neck (TCM)
捏脊治療捏脊治疗
nip6 zek3 zi6 liu4chiropractic (medicine)
鑷子镊子
nip6 zi2tweezers; forceps
捏積捏积
nip6 zik1see 捏脊[nie1 ji3]
躡跡蹑迹
nip6 zik1to follow sb's tracks
躡著腳蹑着脚
nip6 zoek6 goek3to tiptoe
捏造
nip6 zou6to make up
躡足蹑足
nip6 zuk1to walk on tiptoe; to join (a trade, profession etc)
躡蹤蹑踪
nip6 zung1to follow along behind sb (formal writing)
嫋
niu1slender and delicate
嬲
niu5(slang) get angry; to piss off
蔦茑
niu5grossulariaceae; ribes ambiguum
裊袅
niu5delicate; curling upwards
鳥不拉屎，雞不生蛋鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋
niu5 bat1 laai1 si2, gai1 bat1 sang1 daan2lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom); remote and desolate
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