Usage of the character 涅
niè
涅
[涅]
- (literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye)
- (literary) to dye black
niè
涅
[湼]
- variant of 涅 (niè)
nièshí
涅石
[涅石]
- alumen
- alunite (TCM)
nièbái
涅白
[涅白]
- opaque white
Nièwǎ
涅瓦
[涅瓦]
- the Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg)
nièpán
涅磐
[涅磐]
- variant of 涅槃 (nièpán)
yǔniè
羽涅
[羽涅]
- alumen
- alunite (TCM)
nièpán
涅槃
[涅槃]
- (Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那 (nièpánnà))
Hǎiniè
海涅
[海涅]
- Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German lyric poet
rùniè
入涅
[入涅]
- to enter nirvana (Buddhism)
Génièshā
格涅沙
[格涅沙]
- Ganesha (the elephant-headed God in Hinduism, son of Shiva and Parvati)
Nièwǎ Hé
涅瓦河
[涅瓦河]
- Nyeva or Neva River (through St Petersburg)
Nièpán Jīng
涅槃经
[涅槃經]
- (Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra
Dùnnièsīkè
顿涅斯克
[頓涅斯克]
- Donetsk region of W. Ukraine
Dùnniècíkè
顿涅茨克
[頓涅茨克]
- Donetsk, city in Ukraine
Bōluònièsī
波洛涅斯
[波洛涅斯]
- (name) Polonius
- Shakespearean character, father of Ophelia, accidentally killed by Hamlet
Aīniè'āsī
埃涅阿斯
[埃涅阿斯]
- Aeneas, hero of Virgil's Aeneid
Túgénièfū
屠格涅夫
[屠格涅夫]
- Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist
Kāngnièdígé
康涅狄格
[康涅狄格]
- Connecticut, US state
Wòluónièrì
沃罗涅日
[沃羅湼日]
- Voronezh, city in the southwest of European Russia
Luósīnièfū
罗斯涅夫
[羅斯涅夫]
- Rosneft (Russian state oil company)
Aīniè'āsī Jì
埃涅阿斯纪
[埃涅阿斯紀]
- Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
Dà Bānnièpán Jīng
大般涅槃经
[大般涅槃經]
- (Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, aka the Nirvana Sutra, of which two major Chinese translations are extant, influential in the development of East Asian Buddhism
Dàběn Nièpán Jīng
大本涅槃经
[大本涅槃經]
- (Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra
Fēiniè'ěrtòujìng
菲涅耳透镜
[菲湼耳透鏡]
- Fresnel lens
Bólièrìnièfū
勃列日涅夫
[勃列日涅夫]
- Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1966-1982
Kāngnièdígézhōu
康涅狄格州
[康涅狄格州]
- Connecticut, US state
Aòlànièsītǎdé
奥腊涅斯塔德
[奧臘涅斯塔德]
- Oranjestad, capital of Aruba