Chinese symbol for “diminutive”
昵称
nì chēng
Traditional: 暱稱
nickname; diminutive; term of endearment; to nickname
The closest CC-CEDICT match for diminutive is 昵称 (nì chēng), defined as: nickname; diminutive; term of endearment; to nickname.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “diminutive”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 昵称.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亲昵 (親暱) | qīn nì | intimate |
| 爱昵 (愛昵) | ài nì | intimate; loving |
| 昵爱 (昵愛) | nì ài | to love dearly; intimacy |
| 昵比 | nì bǐ | intimate |
| 狎昵 | xiá nì | intimate; taking liberties |
| 称为 (稱為) | chēng wéi | to be called; to be known as; to call it "..." |
| 名称 (名稱) | míng chēng | name (of a thing); name (of an organization) |
| 简称 (簡稱) | jiǎn chēng | to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form |
See also: Japanese symbol for “diminutive”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.