"N" meaning in Chinese

See N in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: /ˀən⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɛːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /eŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ˀən⁵⁵/, /ɛːn⁵⁵/, /eŋ⁵⁵/, /e³³ ŋ̍⁴⁴/, /e⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/ Chinese transliterations: ēn [Mandarin, Pinyin], en¹ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄣ [Mandarin, bopomofo], en¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], êng⁵, ⁵e-ng; ¹e-ng, ēn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], en [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ên¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], ēn [Mandarin, Yale], en [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], энь [Mandarin, Palladius], enʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Yale], en¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], êng⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], êng [POJ, Teochew], ⁵e-ng; ¹e-ng [Wu], e^去 ng; e^平 ng [Wu], ²e-hhngg; ¹e-hhngg [Wu], /e³³ ŋ̍⁴⁴/ [Wu], /e⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|letters}} N
  1. The fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet. Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-N-zh-character-rCI-kugL Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 33 31 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: n

Character

IPA: /nɤ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /nɛ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /nɤ⁵⁵/, /nɛ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: nē [Mandarin, Pinyin], nê̄ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ne¹ [Mandarin, Pinyin], nê¹ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄋㄜ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄋㄝ [Mandarin, bopomofo], nē [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ne [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], nê¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], nē [Mandarin, Yale], nhe [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], нэ [Mandarin, Palladius], nɛ [Mandarin, Palladius], nê̄ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], nê [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], neh¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], nhè [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], нэй [Mandarin, Palladius], nɛj [Mandarin, Palladius]
Head templates: {{head|zh|letters}} N
  1. The fourteenth letter used in Pinyin. Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-N-zh-character-wsIi97Kf Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 25 57 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: n

Numeral

IPA: /ˀən⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɛːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ˀən⁵⁵/, /ɛːn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: ēn [Mandarin, Pinyin], en¹ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄣ [Mandarin, bopomofo], en¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ēn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], en [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ên¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], ēn [Mandarin, Yale], en [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], энь [Mandarin, Palladius], enʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Yale], en¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Likely from the mathematical usage of n to denote an arbitrary number. Compare Korean N and Japanese n番煎じ. Etymology templates: {{cog|ko|N}} Korean N, {{cog|ja|n番煎じ}} Japanese n番煎じ Head templates: {{head|zh|numerals}} N
  1. countless; several Derived forms: N無人士 (en1 mou4 jan4 si6), N无人士 (en1 mou4 jan4 si6)
    Sense id: en-N-zh-num-w2q3JDj4 Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 33 31 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: n
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "en1 mou4 jan4 si6",
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          "roman": "en1 mou4 jan4 si6",
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          "english": "How come I called several times but no one picked up the phone?",
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          "text": "点解我打咗N次都冇人接电话嘅? [Cantonese, simp.]\ndim² gaai² ngo⁵ daa² zo² en¹ ci³ dou¹ mou⁵ jan⁴ zip³ din⁶ waa⁶⁻² ge²? [Jyutping]",
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      "zh-pron": "en¹"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "ㄣ"
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      "zh-pron": "en¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "ēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "en"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ên¹"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "ēn"
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      "zh-pron": "en"
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      "zh-pron": "энь"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "enʹ"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "êng⁵"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "⁵e-ng; ¹e-ng"
    },
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      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "энь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "enʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀən⁵⁵/",
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    {
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    },
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "colloquial sounds not defined"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "êng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "êng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵e-ng; ¹e-ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "e^去 ng; e^平 ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²e-hhngg; ¹e-hhngg"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/e³³ ŋ̍⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/e⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀən⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e³³ ŋ̍⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "n"
    }
  ],
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      "zh-pron": "nē"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "nê̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ne¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "nê¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄜ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ne"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nê¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "nē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "nhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "нэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nɛ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɤ⁵⁵/",
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    },
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
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      "zh-pron": "nê̄"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "nê"
    },
    {
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "neh¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "nhè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "нэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "nɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɛ⁵⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɤ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɛ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "n"
    }
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "en1 mou4 jan4 si6",
      "word": "N無人士"
    },
    {
      "roman": "en1 mou4 jan4 si6",
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          "english": "How come I called several times but no one picked up the phone?",
          "ref": "點解我打咗N次都冇人接電話嘅? [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "点解我打咗N次都冇人接电话嘅? [Cantonese, simp.]\ndim² gaai² ngo⁵ daa² zo² en¹ ci³ dou¹ mou⁵ jan⁴ zip³ din⁶ waa⁶⁻² ge²? [Jyutping]",
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          "english": "You've binged countless American TV dramas, but your English still sucks…",
          "ref": "追了N部美劇,英語還超爛… [MSC, trad.]",
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        {
          "english": "You don't need to look. I've already looked multiple times.",
          "ref": "你不用看了。我已經看過N次了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "你不用看了。我已经看过N次了。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1996, 瓊瑤 (qióngyáo) and 林久愉, 一簾幽夢 (TV drama), episode 1, 30:34\nNǐ bùyòng kàn le. Wǒ yǐjīng kàn guò ēn cì le. [Pinyin]",
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        "countless; several"
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          "countless",
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          "several"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "en¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "en¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "en"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "en"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "энь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "enʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "colloquial sounds not defined"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "en¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "colloquial sounds not defined"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀən⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːn⁵⁵/"
    }
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      "word": "n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "N"
}

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  ],
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    {
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        "Pinyin"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "en¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "êng⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵e-ng; ¹e-ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "en"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "en"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "энь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "enʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "colloquial sounds not defined"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "en¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "colloquial sounds not defined"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "êng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "êng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵e-ng; ¹e-ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "e^去 ng; e^平 ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²e-hhngg; ¹e-hhngg"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/e³³ ŋ̍⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/e⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀən⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e³³ ŋ̍⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "n"
    }
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  "word": "N"
}

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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
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          "w:Pinyin#Letters"
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        "letter"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nê̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ne¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nê¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄜ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ne"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nê¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "нэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nɛ"
    },
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nê"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "neh¹"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nhè"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "нэй"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɛ⁵⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/nɤ⁵⁵/"
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