Pinyin initial: "ni"

The Pinyin initial "ni" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "ni" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by women. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "ni" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ni

Ni is for Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt Nefertiti.

Characters with ni

拧
擰
nìng = ni + (e)ng4
stubborn
拧 = 宁 + 扌 : Nefertiti (ni) wants Lenin (宁) to use engine's men's bathroom ((e)ng4), but Lenin is so stubborn (拧) to insist on using the women's bathroom and threatens Nefertiti with a toy claw (扌).
念
niàn = ni + an4
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
念 = 今 + 心 : Mnemonic symbol: a lectern to read something aloud.
念
唸
niàn = ni + an4
variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud
念 = 今 + 心 : Mnemonic symbol: a lectern to read something aloud.
娘
孃
niáng = ni + ang2
variant of 娘[niang2]
娘 = 女 + 良 : Bessie Coleman (女) and Nefertiti (ni) got a child and are now young mothers (娘). One day, their child approaches them just inside the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) and gives them a thank you card (良). The child wants to say thank you because its mothers have been so good.
娘
niáng = ni + ang2
mother / young lady / (coll.) effeminate
娘 = 女 + 良 : Bessie Coleman (女) and Nefertiti (ni) got a child and are now young mothers (娘). One day, their child approaches them just inside the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) and gives them a thank you card (良). The child wants to say thank you because its mothers have been so good.
尼
ní = ni + Ø2
Buddhist nun / (often used in phonetic spellings)
尼 = 匕 + 尸 : Nefertiti is trying to escape the space station, because she is being haunted by a ghost. She's already at the entrance, where she meets the Bhuddist nun, which immediately attacks the ghost with a large ladle.
呢
ní = ni + Ø2
woolen material
泥
ní = ni + Ø2
mud / clay / paste / pulp
泥 = 尼 + 氵 : Nefertiti (ni) wants to punish the Buddhist nun (尼) for not believing in her. Just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) she put the nun's feet into a bucket and added cement (泥) and a bottle of water (氵) so that the nun is restrained (泥) by the clay (泥).
泥
nì = ni + Ø4
restrained
尿
niào = ni + ao4
to urinate / urine / CL:泡[pao1]
尿 = 尸 + 水 : Nefertiti (ni) is drinking from a water fountain (水) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4), but she doesn't notice that at the same time a ghost (尸) is peeing (尿) into the water fountain.
匿
nì = ni + Ø4
to hide
纽
紐
niǔ = ni + ou3
to turn / to wrench / button / nu (Greek letter Νν)
纽 = 丑 + 纟 : The ugly ox (丑) complained about his itching belly button (纽) in front of Nefertiti (ni) in the outhouse (ou3). Promptly Nefertiti turns (纽) him around and finds that there is a silk worm (纟) looking out of his belly button (纽), which she pulls out with a wrench (纽).
凝
níng = ni + (e)ng2
to congeal / to concentrate attention / to stare
凝 = 冫 + 疑 : Someone ate one of Nefertiti's (ni) popsicles (冫) and now she rounded up her suspects (疑) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). To make things easier she congregated (凝) the suspects into a sticky mess using the rest of her popsicles.
鸟
鳥
niǎo = ni + ao3
bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
Nefertiti tries to fend off a turkey in the aorta.
酿
釀
niàng = ni + ang4
to ferment / to brew / to make honey (of bees) / to lead to / to form gradually / wine / stuffed vegetables (cooking method)
酿 = 良 + 酉 : The rooster (酉) has been brewing (酿) beer for Nefertiti (ni) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) all year round, and at the end of the year Nefertiti hands the rooster a heartfelt thank you card (良).
卄
niàn = ni + an4
twenty, twentieth
卄 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a double axe. Here's why: 20 -> XX -> "double-x" -> "double axe". Nefertiti (ni) is rebuilding her kingdom in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She's shaping twenty (卄) dinosaur bones (丨) with a double axe (卄) and stacking them on top of one (一) flute (一).
廿
niàn = ni + an4
twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions / also written using banker's character 念
廿 = 卄 + 一 : This character looks like a flower pot.
廿 = 卄 + 一 : Nefertiti needs to vent off steam. In anthill's bathroom she finds a flower pot with twenty flutes inside. With a single swing with her double axe, she splits all twenty flutes. Afterwards, she feels much better.
逆
nì = ni + Ø4
contrary / opposite / backwards / to go against / to oppose / to betray / to rebel
逆 = 屰 + 辶 : Nefertiti's (ni) son has lost all her money in a casino. As Nefertiti hears of her disobedient (屰) son's doings she pulls off one of her gladiator sandals (辶) to beat him to death in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and exclaims "逆子！"
聂
聶
niè = ni + e4
to whisper
聂 = 双 + 耳 : Nefertiti locked herself into the elevator's bathroom. She's hearing a whispering voice in her head, and she tries to make it go away by beating her head with two boxing gloves.
聂
聶
niè = ni + e4
surname Nie
聂 = 双 + 耳 : Nefertiti locked herself into the elevator's bathroom. She's hearing a whispering voice in her head, and she tries to make it go away by beating her head with two boxing gloves.