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尿

尿

Translingual

Han character

尿 (radical 44 尸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸水 (SE), four-corner 77232, composition ⿸尸水)

References

  • KangXi: page 300, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7651
  • Dae Jaweon: page 596, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 966, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5C3F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 尿

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 尸 ‎(“body”) + 水 ‎(“water”).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 尿
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 奴弔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /neuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /neuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /neuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /nɛwH/
Li
Rong		 /neuH/
Wang
Li		 /nieuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /nieuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 niào
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 尿
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 niào
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ newH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kə.nˤewk-s/
English urine

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 尿
Reading # 1/1
No. 9517
Phonetic
component		 尿
Rime
group		 豹
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 尿
Old
Chinese		 /*neːwɢs/
Notes 漢書作溺

Definitions

尿

  1. urine
  2. to urinate; to pee
  3. (dialectal Mandarin)
    1. to pay attention to someone
    2. to yield to; to give up; to admit defeat
    3. to fear; to be afraid of (the other party in a fight)
    4. to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be cowardly
    5. courage; guts
    6. smug; cocky; pleased with oneself

Compounds

  • 尿液
  • 尿液篩檢／尿液筛检
  • 尿炕 (niàokàng)
  • 尿片
  • 尿療法／尿疗法
  • 尿盆兒／尿盆儿
  • 尿素 (niàosù)
  • 尿肥
  • 尿袋
  • 尿道 (niàodào)
  • 尿道感染
  • 尿道炎 (niàodàoyán)
  • 尿酸 (niàosuān)
  • 尿鱉／尿鳖
  • 尿鱉子／尿鳖子
  • 屁滾尿流／屁滚尿流
  • 屎尿
  • 屎滾尿流／屎滚尿流
  • 憋尿

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

尿

  1. (colloquial) urine
  2. (colloquial) to urinate; to pee
  3. (dialectal Mandarin) bad; spineless; poor; damned
  4. (Southwestern Mandarin)
    1. to fail; to break down
    2. ugly; plain-looking
    3. wantonly; arbitrarily; carelessly

Japanese

Kanji

尿

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. urine

Readings

Etymology 1

Compound of 湯 ‎(yu, “warm water”) the nominalization of the verb 放る ‎(maru, “excrete”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jumari/

Noun

尿 ‎(hiragana ゆまり, romaji yumari)

  1. urine

Etymology 2

From 尿 ‎(yumari). Bilabial nasal /m/ loses nasality becoming /b/.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jubari/

Noun

尿 ‎(hiragana ゆばり, romaji yubari)

  1. urine

Etymology 3

From 尿 ‎(yubari). Inital /yu/ > */yi/ > /i/.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ibari/

Noun

尿 ‎(hiragana いばり, romaji ibari)

  1. urine

Etymology 4

From 尿 ‎(yubari), with the initial /yu/ dropping off.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bari/

Noun

尿 ‎(hiragana ばり, romaji bari)

  1. urine

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕito/

Noun

尿 ‎(hiragana しと, romaji shito)

  1. urine

Etymology 6

Cognate with 尿 ‎(shito) and 尿 ‎(shii).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕiɕi/

Noun

尿 ‎(hiragana しし, romaji shishi)

  1. urine

Etymology 7

Cognate with 尿 ‎(shito) and 尿 ‎(shishi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕiː/

Noun

尿 ‎(hiragana しい, romaji shī)

  1. urine

Etymology 8

/neu/ > [njoː].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /njoː/

Noun

尿 ‎(hiragana にょう, romaji nyō, historical hiragana ねう)

  1. urine

Korean

Hanja

尿 • ‎(nyo) (hangeul 뇨, revised nyo, McCune-Reischauer nyo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

尿 (niếu, niệu)

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