ní
Buddhist nun
(often used in phonetic spellings)
Kěn ní dí
Kennedy (name)
J.F. Kennedy (1917-1963), US Democrat politician, president 1961-1963
Tū ní sī
Tunisia
Tunis, capital of Tunisia
Yà měi ní yà
Armenia, capital Yerevan 埃里溫|埃里温[Ai1 li3 wen1]
Fú jí ní yà
variant of 弗吉尼亞州|弗吉尼亚州
Virginia, US state
Duō mǐ ní jiā
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Yìn ní
Indonesia (abbr. for 印度尼西亞|印度尼西亚)
Mǎ ní lā
Manila, capital of Philippines
Mù ní hēi
München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
Xī ní
Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia
Ní sāng
Nissan, Japanese car make (derived from 日產)
Ní kè sōng
Richard Nixon (1913-1994), US politician, President 1969-1974
surname Nixon
Shì jiā móu ní
Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)
Ní cǎi
Friedrich Nietzsche (1846-1900), German philosopher
Ní mǎ
Nyima county, Tibetan: Nyi ma rdzong in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[Na4 qu3 di4 qu1], central Tibet
Nà ní yà chuán qí
The Chronicles of Narnia, Children's stories by C.S. Lewis
Mó ní
Manes (3rd century AD), Persian prophet and founder of Manichaeism
Nà ní yà
Narnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis
Xiǎo xióng Wéi ní
Winnie-the-Pooh (bear character in children's stories by A. A. Milne adapted by Disney)
Ní rì ěr
Niger (African state)
Niger River, West Africa
Shì jiā móu ní fó
Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)
Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
Gé lín ní zhì
Greenwich (former location of Greenwich observatory, at zero longitude)
refers to Greenwich mean time
Fēi ní kè sī
Phoenix, capital of Arizona
also 鳳凰城|凤凰城[Feng4 huang2 cheng2]
Duō mǐ ní kè
Dominica
Dominican Republic
also written 多米尼加
Bù liè tǎ ní
Brittany or Bretagne, area of western France
Bèi lú sī kē ní
Silvio Berlusconi (1936-), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994-1995, 2001-2006, 2008-2011
Duō míng ní jiā
Dominica
Dominican Republic
also written 多米尼加
Bīn xī fǎ ní yà Dà xué
University of Pennsylvania
Zhòng ní
courtesy name for Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
Lā Ní nà
La Niña, equatorial climatic variation over the Eastern Pacific, as opposed to El Niño 厄爾尼諾|厄尔尼诺
tuó luó ní
incantation (Sanskrit: dharani)
religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil)
Mì kè luó ní xī yà
Micronesia in southwest pacific
Gē bái ní
Mikolaj Kopernik or Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish astronomer, mathematician and polymath
Liú ní wāng
Réunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department)
Zhuó ní
Jonê or Zhuoni county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu
bǐ qiū ní
Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni")
Bó ěr ní
Bern, capital of Switzerland
Hǎi ní gēn
Heineken (Dutch brewing company)
see also 喜力[Xi3 li4]
Mǎ tí ní kè
Martinique (French Caribbean island)
È ěr Ní nuò
El Niño, equatorial climate variation in the Pacific
sēng ní
(Buddhist) monks and nuns
Hóng hé Hā ní zú Yí zú zì zhì zhōu
Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture in Yunnan 雲南|云南
Ní yǎ
Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD
Lā Kē lǔ ní yà
La Coruña or A Coruña (city in Galicia, Spain)
Hàn ní bá
Hannibal (name)
Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC), Carthaginian general
Mò suǒ lǐ ní
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943
Qiē ní
Cheney (name)
Richard B. "Dick" Cheney (1941-), US Republican politician, vice-president 2001-2008
Míng ní ā bō lì sī
Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota
Wēi ní sī shāng rén
the Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Ní hè lǔ
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), Indian politician, first prime minister 1947-1964
Xùn ní
Sunni (subdivision of Islam)
Ní mǐ zī
Chester William Nimitz (1885-1966), US admiral
Ní mù
Nyêmo county, Tibetan: Snye mo rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[La1 sa4], Tibet
Ní lè kè
Nilka county or Nilqa nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Ní mǎ xiàn
Nyima county, Tibetan: Nyi ma rdzong in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[Na4 qu3 di4 qu1], central Tibet
è ěr ní nuò xiàn xiàng
El Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean
Bīn xī fǎ ní yà
Pennsylvania
also written 賓夕法尼亞|宾夕法尼亚
Wēn ní bó
Winnipeg, capital of Manitoba, Canada
Nèi tǎ ní yà hú
Netanyahu (name)
Benjamin Netanyahu (1949-), Israeli Likud politician, prime minister 1996-1999 and from 2009
Sū ní tè yòu qí
Sonid Right banner in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
Mǎ kě ní
Marconi, UK electronics company
Jí lā ní
Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani (1952-), Pakistan people's party politician, prime minister from 2008
Ní lè kè xiàn
Nilka county or Nilqa nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Ní kè sēn
Nixon (name)
Richard M Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974
Sū ní tè zuǒ qí
Sonid Left banner in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
Suǒ ěr rén ní qín
Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian writer, prominent Soviet dissident, author of the Gulag Archipelago
Lái bù ní zī
Leibnitz (name)
Gottfriend Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716), German mathematician and philosopher, co-inventor of the calculus
Kù ěr ní kē wá
Anna Sergeevna Kournikova (1981-), Russian tennis star and glamor model
Shèng Ān duō ní táng qū
St Anthony Parish (Macau)
Freguesia de Santo António
Lā hè màn ní nuò fū
Rachmaninoff or Rachmaninov (name)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Russian composer and pianist
Kěn ní dí Háng tiān Zhōng xīn
Kennedy space center, Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角[Ka3 na4 wei2 la1 er3 jiao3], Florida
Ní mǐ zī hào
Nimitz class, US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 8 in commission since 1975
Bù lái ní
Bryne (City in Rogaland, Norway)
Ā bǐ xī ní yà
Abyssinia, historical name of Ethiopia
Mǎ ní tuō bā
Manitoba province, Canada
Ā duō ní sī
Adonis, figure in Greek mythology
Ní bù chǔ tiáo yuē
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
Zhuó ní xiàn
Jonê or Zhuoni county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu
Tiě sā luó ní jiā hòu shū
Second epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians
Ní mù xiàn
Nyêmo county, Tibetan: Snye mo rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[La1 sa4], Tibet
Kǎ lā shí ní kē fū
Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)
Kē ní sài kè
Koenigsegg (car manufacturer)
Ní kē xī yà
Nicosia, capital of Cyprus
Jié kuí lín · Kěn ní dí
Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy (1929-1994)
Lán pí ní
Lumbini, Nepal, birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2] founder of Buddhism (also written 嵐毘尼|岚毘尼[Lan2 pi2 ni2], 臘伐尼|腊伐尼[La4 fa2 ni2], 林微尼[Lin2 wei1 ni2])
Ní ěr xùn
Nelson or Nillson (name)
Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero
Dá dá ní ěr hǎi xiá
Dardanelles Strait
Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı
bù ní yà bìng dú
the bunyaviridae family of viruses
Ní rì ěr hé
Niger River of West Africa
Zhèn yuán Yí zú Hā ní zú Lā hù zú zì zhì xiàn
Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[Pǔ ěr], Yunnan
Tiě sā luó ní jiā qián shū
First epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians
Tǎn gá ní kā
Tanganyika on continent of West Africa, one component of Tanzania
Mò jiāng Hā ní zú zì zhì xiàn
Mojiang Ha'ni autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[Pǔ ěr], Yunnan
Mò luó ní
Moroni, capital of Comoros
Dù bù luó fū ní kè
Dubrovnik (city in Croatia)
Yuán jiāng Hā ní zú Yí zú Dǎi zú zì zhì xiàn
Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai autonomous county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yù xī], Yunnan
Mǎ jiá ěr ní
Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793
Paul McCartney, former Beatle
Jiā lì fú ní yà Lǐ gōng Xué yuàn
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Jiāng chéng Hā ní zú Yí zú zì zhì xiàn
Jiangcheng Hani and Yi autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[Pu3 er3], Yunnan
Gē ní sī bǎo
(until WWII) Königsberg, capital of East Prussia on the Baltic
(since WWII) Kaliningrad, Russian Republic
Níng ěr Hā ní zú Yí zú zì zhì xiàn
Ning'er Hani and Yi autonomous county in Yunnan, capital Pu'er city 普洱市
formerly Pu'er Hani and Yi autonomous county
měi ní ěr bìng
Meniere's disease (loss of balance after stroke)
Bǐ jī ní dǎo
Bikini atoll, French nuclear test site in South Pacific
Ní gē dǐ mǔ
Nicodemus, prominent Jew of the time of Christ, mentioned in the Gospel of John
Tǎn gá ní kā hú
Lake Tanganyika in West Africa
Ā měi ní yà
variant of 亞美尼亞|亚美尼亚[Ya4 mei3 ni2 ya4], Armenia
Huò ní yà lā
Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands
Jiā zī ní shěng
Ghazni or Ghaznah province of Afghanistan
Yī sī pà ní ào lā
Hispaniola (Caribbean island including Haiti and the Dominican Republic)
Ài ào ní yà hǎi
Ionian sea between Italy and Greece
Pǔ ěr Hā ní zú Yí zú zì zhì xiàn
former Pu'er Hani and Yi autonomous county in Yunnan, renamed in 2007 Ning'er Hani and Yi autonomous county 寧洱哈尼族彞族自治縣|宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县, capital Pu'er city 普洱市
Dì lè ní ān hǎi
Tyrrhenian sea between Sardinia and the Italian mainland
běn ní dí
Benedictus (section of Catholic mass)
Zhū lì yà ní
Giuliani (name)
Rudolph W (Rudy) Giuliani (1944-), US Republican politician, Mayor of New York City 1994-2001
Tū ní sī shì
Tunis, capital of Tunisia
Nà sā ní ěr · Huò sāng
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) American novelist and short story writer
zhōng é ní bù chǔ tiáo yuē
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
fēng zǔ ní qì
wind damper (engineering)
Ní yǎ hé
Niya River in south Xinjiang
Sī léi bù léi ní chá
Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Ān dōng ní yǔ Kè lì ào pèi tè lā
Anthony and Cleopatra, 1606 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Kē shí tú ní chá
Kostunica
Vojislav Kostunica (1944-), Serbian politician, prime minister from 2004
Bù lún ní
Brønnøysund (city in Nordland, Norway)
Jī sāng jiā ní
Kisangani (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Mǎ jiá ěr ní shǐ tuán
the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
Bā ní yà Lú kǎ
Banja Luka (city in Bosnia)
xī sī tǎ ní
Sistani (name of a prominent Iraqi Ayatollah)
Bù lǐ tǎn ní
Brittany (France)
Bretagne
Kěn ní dí jiǎo
Cape Kennedy, name 1963-1973 of Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角[Ka3 na4 wei2 la1 er3 jiao3], Florida
Yī ní tè
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
Yē gē ní yǎ
Jechoniah or Jeconiah (son of Josiah)
Tài tè sī · Ān dé luò ní kè sī
Titus Andronicus, 1593 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Ào ěr dé ní dǎo
Alderney (Channel Islands)
Ài gé ní sī · Shǐ mò tè lái
Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist who reported on China, esp. the communist side
Ní è lì dé
Nereids (Greek sea nymphs, fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris)
Nereid, moon of Neptune
Dàn ní shēng
Tennyson (name)
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet
Mǎ gá ěr ní
Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793
Paul McCartney, former Beatle
Kǎi fǎ láo ní yà
Kefalonia, Greek Island in the Ionian sea
Ā hēi mén ní dé wáng cháo
Achaemenid empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
Kè xī mǎ ní huā yuán
Garden of Gethsemane (in the Christian passion story)
sāng tuō lǐ ní dǎo
Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)
Bō sī ní yà hé Hēi sāi gē wéi nà gòng hé guó
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mǎ gá ěr ní shǐ tuán
the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
Pà ní bā tè
Panipat, ancient city in India
Āi lā tuō sè ní sī
Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276-c. 195 BC), ancient Greek mathematician and inventor
Bì ní ào fū
Hugo Benioff (1899-1968), Caltech seismologist
ā gé ní dí
Agnus Dei (section of Catholic mass)
Bì ní ào fū dài
Benioff zone (geology)
also called Wadati-Benioff zone
Tài tǎn ní kè Hào
RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912
Tài tè sī · Ān dé luò ní kè sī
Titus Andronicus, 1593 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Bān chán É ěr dé ní
Panchen Erdeni or Panchen Lama
abbr. to 班禪|班禅[Ban1 chan2]
Liú ní wàng
Réunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department) (Tw)
Dì lè ní ān Hǎi
Tyrrhenian Sea between Sardinia and the Italian mainland
Mǐ tè · Luó mǔ ní
Mitt Romney (1947-), US Republican contender 2012
Nà ní yà Chuán qí
The Chronicles of Narnia, children's stories by C.S. Lewis
Nà sā ní ěr · Huò sāng
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) American novelist and short story writer
Bō měi lā ní yà
Pomerania, a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea
Gé lín ní zhì Biāo zhǔn shí jiān
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Gé luó zī ní
Grozny, capital of Chechen Republic, Russia
Sāng tuō lǐ ní Dǎo
Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)
ōu ní
(female usage) older sister (loanword from Korean "eonni")
Bǐ jī ní Dǎo
Bikini atoll, French nuclear test site in South Pacific
Shā kuí ěr · Ào ní ěr
Shaquille O'Neal (1972-), former NBA star
Dá dá ní ěr Hǎi xiá
Dardanelles Strait
Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı
Tiě dá ní Hào
RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Taiwan)
PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号[Tai4 tan3 ni2 ke4 Hao4]
ā ní lín
(chemistry) aniline (loanword)
Ā gé ní Dí
Agnus Dei (section of Catholic mass)
Ā mǎ ní
Armani (fashion designer)
Ā hēi mén ní dé Wáng cháo
Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
Xī sī tǎ ní
Sistani (name of a prominent Iraqi Ayatollah)
Ài gé ní sī · Shǐ mò tè lái
Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist who reported on China, esp. the communist side
fēn ní
pfennig (monetary unit) (loanword)
Hé ní ā lā
Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands (Tw)
Mò ní kǎ · Lái wēn sī jī
Monica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern
Mò luò ní
Moroni, capital of Comoros (Tw)
Lái bù ní cí
Leibniz (name)
Gottfriend Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716), German mathematician and philosopher, co-inventor of the calculus
Dì fú ní
Tiffany & Co. (US luxury jewelry retailer)
Zhōng É Ní bù chǔ Tiáo yuē
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
Tǎn gá ní kā Hú
Lake Tanganyika in West Africa
Jī ní xì shù
Gini coefficient (a measure of statistical dispersion)
Jiān ní xì shù
see 基尼係數|基尼系数[Ji1 ni2 xi4 shu4]
Mò jiāng Hā ní zú Zì zhì xiàn
Mojiang Ha'ni Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱[Pu3 er3], Yunnan
Ào ěr dé ní Dǎo
Alderney (Channel Islands)
Wēi ní sī Shāng rén
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
hā ní
honey (term of endearment) (loanword)
Jí ní xì shù
see 基尼係數|基尼系数[Ji1 ni2 xi4 shu4]
Shǐ pǔ ní kè
Sputnik, Soviet artificial Earth satellite
also written 斯普特尼克
Bó luó bēn ní sā
Peloponnese (peninsula in southern Greece)
Pèi pí ní áng
Perpignan (city in France)
Jié kuí lín · Kěn ní dí
Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy (1929-1994)
kǎ ní dīng
carnitine (loanword) (biochemistry)
Ān nà · Kǎ liè ní nà
Anna Karenina, novel by Leo Tolstoy 列夫·托爾斯泰|列夫·托尔斯泰[Lie4 fu1 · Tuo1 er3 si1 tai4]
Níng ěr Hā ní zú Yí zú Zì zhì xiàn
Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County in Yunnan, capital Pu'er city 普洱市[Pu3 er3 shi4]
formerly Pu'er Hani and Yi autonomous county
Ní yǎ Hé
Niya River in south Xinjiang
Bù ní yà bìng dú
Bunyavirus
virus of the family Bunyaviridae
bù lǎng ní
brownie (pastry) (loanword)
Bù lǐ tǎn ní
Brittany (France)
Bretagne
Pà gé ní ní
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840), Italian violinist and composer
Ài ào ní yà Hǎi
Ionian Sea between Italy and Greece
Sī pǔ tè ní kè
Sputnik, Soviet artificial Earth satellite
Ní mǐ zī Hào
Nimitz class, US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 8 in commission since 1975
Ní bó ěr jiāo méi
(bird species of China) Nepal wren-babbler (Pnoepyga immaculata)
Ní gǔ xī yà
Nicosia, capital of Cyprus (Tw)
Ní bù chǔ Tiáo yuē
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
Ní rì ěr Hé
Niger River of West Africa