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Meaning of 蔫

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Pinyin: niān
English Definition: to fade; to wither; to wilt; listless
Chinese Definition:
①植物失去水分而萎缩:花蔫了。
②精神不振,不活泼:他这几天蔫了。蔫头耷脑。
③不声不响,悄悄:蔫不声。蔫溜儿。蔫儿拱。
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Total strokes: 14; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (grass) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • [ yān ] why? where? how?; strange; thereupon, then
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Example Words
蔫头耷脑 niān tóu nǎo dejected; listless; droopy (idiom)
发蔫 niān to wilt; to droop; to appear listless
蔫儿 niān r erhua variant of
蔫儿坏 niān r huài appearing genuine, but actually nasty or devious; see also 蔫土匪
蔫呼呼 niān weak and indecisive
More: 蔫* | *蔫 | *蔫*
Example Sentences
1
It's pink, lovely, fragrant, seven roses and some open-herding, withered when delivered, I know it's from whom, when I catch the first sight of it.
2
便
Bluntly, assertively refusing to comply with their demands withers them, because in their warped emotional environment, one person in each twosome must always dominate, the other be dominated.
3
The girl seems droopy.
4
"All from China, " I tell him, and watch him droop.
5
The child looks a bit listless. I'm afraid he's not well.