腻 nì greasy
greasy; oily; smooth; tired
怎么记住“腻”: 月 meat + 贰 formal two = greasy. After three meat skewers Dad checks the bill, where the cook wrote a formal two like a bank clerk, and wipes his greasy fingers on a napkin.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
腻 = 月 meat + 贰 formal two
- 月 meat meaning
- 贰 formal two sound
After three meat skewers Dad checks the bill, where the cook wrote a formal two like a bank clerk, and wipes his greasy fingers on a napkin.
How it came to be
The flesh gives the meaning and the formal two the sound.
用法
- Two branches. Physical: greasy/rich: 油腻 (yóunì) oily, 甜腻 (tiánnì) cloyingly sweet; or fine and smooth: 细腻 (xìnì) delicate, exquisite (of skin, texture, or writing).
- Emotional: fed up: 腻了 (nì le) sick of it, 腻歪 (nìwai) to be sick of / (of couples) lovey-dovey. Same character, opposite feels: rich food vs. tired of.