Chinese symbol for “doubtful”
拟
nǐ
Traditional: 儗
doubtful; suspicious; variant of 拟 (nǐ); to emulate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for doubtful is 拟 (nǐ), defined as: doubtful; suspicious; variant of 拟 (nǐ); to emulate; to imitate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 模拟 (模擬) | mó nǐ | imitation; to simulate |
| 虚拟 (虛擬) | xū nǐ | to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical |
| 拟定 (擬定) | nǐ dìng | to draw up; to draft |
| 比拟 (比擬) | bǐ nǐ | to compare; to draw a parallel |
| 草拟 (草擬) | cǎo nǐ | first draft; to draw up (a first version) |
| 拟订 (擬訂) | nǐ dìng | to draw up (a plan) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “doubtful”.
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.