"聶" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ni̯ɛ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /niːp̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /liap̚⁵/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /liap̚³²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /ni̯ɛ⁵¹/, /niːp̚²/, /liap̚⁵/, /liap̚³²/ Chinese transliterations: niè [Mandarin, Pinyin], nie⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄋㄧㄝˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], nip⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], liap, niè [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], niè [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], nieh⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], nyè [Mandarin, Yale], nieh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], не [Mandarin, Palladius], ne [Mandarin, Palladius], nihp [Cantonese, Yale], nip⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], nib⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], liap [Hokkien, POJ], liap [Hokkien, Tai-lo], liab [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], nrjep [Middle-Chinese], /*nrep/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*neb/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Triplication of 耳 (“ear”). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|*耳|ear}} 耳 (“ear”), {{sortkey|zh|聶}} 耳12, {{zh-etym-triple|耳|ear}} Triplication of 耳 (“ear”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 聶
  1. to whisper (into one's ear)
    Sense id: en-聶-zh-character-prdbQe7z
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-聶-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Triplicated CJKV characters Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Triplicated CJKV characters: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 聶坡 (Nièpō), 聂坡 (Nièpō), 聶墳 (Nièfén), 聂坟 (Nièfén), 聶家河 (Nièjiāhé), 聂家河 (Nièjiāhé), 聶畈 (Nièfàn), 聂畈 (Nièfàn), 聶聶, 聂聂

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nièpō",
      "word": "聶坡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nièpō",
      "word": "聂坡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nièfén",
      "word": "聶墳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nièfén",
      "word": "聂坟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nièjiāhé",
      "word": "聶家河"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nièjiāhé",
      "word": "聂家河"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nièfàn",
      "word": "聶畈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nièfàn",
      "word": "聂畈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "聶聶"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "聂聂"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*耳",
        "2": "ear"
      },
      "expansion": "耳 (“ear”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "聶"
      },
      "expansion": "耳12",
      "name": "sortkey"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "耳",
        "2": "ear"
      },
      "expansion": "Triplication of 耳 (“ear”)",
      "name": "zh-etym-triple"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Triplication of 耳 (“ear”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "聶",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to whisper (into one's ear)"
      ],
      "id": "en-聶-zh-character-prdbQe7z",
      "links": [
        [
          "whisper",
          "whisper"
        ],
        [
          "ear",
          "ear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Triplicated CJKV characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "聶耳/聂耳 ― Niè Ěr ― Nie Er (Chinese composer)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-聶-zh-character-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "niè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nie⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nip⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "liap"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "niè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "niè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nieh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nieh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "не"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ne"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni̯ɛ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nihp"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nip⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nib⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/niːp̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liap"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liap"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liab"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liap̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liap̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nrjep"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*nrep/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*neb/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni̯ɛ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/niːp̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liap̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liap̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*nrep/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*neb/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "聶"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Triplicated CJKV characters"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Nièpō",
      "word": "聶坡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Nièpō",
      "word": "聂坡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Nièfén",
      "word": "聶墳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Nièfén",
      "word": "聂坟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Nièjiāhé",
      "word": "聶家河"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Nièjiāhé",
      "word": "聂家河"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Nièfàn",
      "word": "聶畈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Nièfàn",
      "word": "聂畈"
    },
    {
      "word": "聶聶"
    },
    {
      "word": "聂聂"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*耳",
        "2": "ear"
      },
      "expansion": "耳 (“ear”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "聶"
      },
      "expansion": "耳12",
      "name": "sortkey"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "耳",
        "2": "ear"
      },
      "expansion": "Triplication of 耳 (“ear”)",
      "name": "zh-etym-triple"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Triplication of 耳 (“ear”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "聶",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to whisper (into one's ear)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whisper",
          "whisper"
        ],
        [
          "ear",
          "ear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese surnames",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "聶耳/聂耳 ― Niè Ěr ― Nie Er (Chinese composer)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "niè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nie⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nip⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "liap"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "niè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "niè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nieh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nieh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "не"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ne"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni̯ɛ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nihp"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nip⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nib⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/niːp̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liap"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liap"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liab"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liap̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liap̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nrjep"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*nrep/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*neb/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni̯ɛ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/niːp̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liap̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liap̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*nrep/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*neb/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "聶"
}
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  "path": [
    "聶"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "聶",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Southern Min'",
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    "聶"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "聶",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
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  ],
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  "subsection": "",
  "title": "聶",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "聶",
  "trace": ""
}

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