Pinyin initial: "n"

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

Mnemonics for n

N is for Napoleon.

Characters with n

variant of 乃[nai3]
(bound form) hungry; starving / (bound form) dispirited / (literary) (of fish) putrid
variant of 楠[nan2]
variant of 楠[nan2]
to press down firmly / to suppress / right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4])
hoe / to hoe / to weed
blushing with shame
to think / this / which? / how? (literary) / Taiwan pr. [ren4]
in former times
cassock / to line
neptunium (chemistry) (Tw)
neptunium (chemistry)
feminine suffix (Cantonese) / postfix indicating feminine
(dialect) no good (contraction of 不[bu4] + 好[hao3])
(dialect) no good / (contraction of 不 and 好) / see 孬種|孬种[nao1 zhong3]
see 硇砂[nao2 sha1]
big cymbals
a kind of a flat bread