涅

niè

(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye); (literary) to dye black

Variant forms 湼

Ancient forms

1 form
  1. Small sealQin–Han
  2. 涅RegularToday

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Meaning

niè nie4
  1. (literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye)
  2. (literary) to dye black

Example sentences

Words with 涅

  • 涅白nièbáiopaque white
  • 涅石nièshíalumen
  • 入涅rùnièto enter nirvana (Buddhism)
  • 羽涅yǔnièalumen
  • 涅槃nièpán(Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那 (niè pán nà))
  • 海涅HǎinièHeinrich Heine (1797-1856), German lyric poet
  • 涅瓦Nièwǎthe Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg)
  • 格涅沙GénièshāGanesha (the elephant-headed God in Hinduism, son of Shiva and Parvati)
  • 涅瓦河NièwǎHéNyeva or Neva River (through St Petersburg)
  • 涅槃经NièpánJīng(Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra
  • 罗斯涅夫LuósīnièfūRosneft (Russian state oil company)
  • 波洛涅斯Bōluònièsī(name) Polonius

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