Cantonese · Jyutping
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- ní
English
- rainbow
- secondary rainbow
- variegated, colored
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Words containing 霓
- 霓虹ngai4 hung4
(loanword) neon lights (abbr. for 霓虹燈|霓虹灯[ni2 hong2 deng1])
- 霓虹燈ngai4 hung4 dang1
(loanword) neon lights
- 霓裳ngai4 soeng4
Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" 霓裳羽衣曲[Ni2 chang2 yu3 yi1 qu1] or 霓裳羽衣舞[Ni2 chang2 yu3 yi1 wu3]
- 霓虹國ngai4 hung4 gwok3
(slang) Japan (loanword from the Japanese word for Japan, 日本 "Nihon")
- 大旱望雲霓daai6 hon5 mong6 wan4 ngai4
(lit.) looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
- 大旱之望雲霓daai6 hon5 zi1 mong6 wan4 ngai4
see 大旱望雲霓|大旱望云霓[da4 han4 wang4 yun2 ni2]