腻 meaning and stroke order
Greasy, oily, smooth; bored, tired
How to write 腻, stroke by stroke
13 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 腻
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- greasy
- soft
- unctuous
- intimate
- tired of
How 腻 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Flesh.
⺼ gives the meaning and 贰 hints at the sound.
Radical: ⺼ (meat), shared by 176 characters on this site.
How to remember 腻
The left side ⺼ means flesh or meat, and 贰 (èr) gives the sound. Picture eating a second (贰) plate of fatty meat (⺼) until it feels greasy and you are sick of it.
腻 (nì) describes food that is too oily or rich, and by extension feeling fed up with something you have had too much of. It also appears in 细腻 (xìnì), meaning smooth or delicate, for skin or for careful artistic work. Example: 这个菜太腻了。(Zhège cài tài nì le.) This dish is too greasy.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse the phonetic 贰 with 贝 or 武 when writing, or drop the small stroke at the top right of 贰. Also note the tone is fourth tone nì, not the third tone of 你 (nǐ).
Common words with 腻
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
腻 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 腻
How many strokes are in 腻?
腻 is written with 13 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 腻 mean?
腻 (nì) means greasy, oily, smooth; bored, tired. A common word with it is 细腻 (xìnì), meaning "(of skin etc) smooth; satiny; delicate; (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) f".
How do you pronounce 腻?
腻 is pronounced nì, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 腻?
The radical of 腻 is ⺼, which carries the idea of "meat". Dictionaries list 腻 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 腻?
The traditional form of 腻 is 膩. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 腻 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 腻 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 腻 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do I say I am tired of something using 腻?
Use 腻了 (nì le) or 吃腻了 (chī nì le) for food, as in 我吃腻了饺子 (Wǒ chī nì le jiǎozi), I am sick of eating dumplings. For non-food things, 看腻了 (kàn nì le) means tired of seeing it.
Is 腻 always negative?
Not always. In 细腻 (xìnì) it is positive, praising smooth skin or fine, delicate craftsmanship and writing. The sense of intimate also appears in phrases like 腻在一起 (nì zài yìqǐ), describing people who stick closely together.