Chinese symbol for “nylon”
尼龙
ní lóng
Traditional: 尼龍
(loanword) nylon
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nylon is 尼龙 (ní lóng), defined as: (loanword) nylon.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 尼龙.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比基尼 | bǐ jī ní | (loanword) bikini |
| 尼姑 | ní gū | Buddhist nun |
| 哈尼 | hā ní | honey (term of endearment) (loanword) |
| 尼玛 (尼瑪) | ní mǎ | (Internet slang) alternative for 你妈 (nǐ mā); (transcription from Tibetan) the sun |
| 尼特 | ní tè | nit (symbol: nt), unit of luminance (loanword) |
| 龙头 (龍頭) | lóng tóu | faucet; tap; bicycle handlebar |
| 恐龙 (恐龍) | kǒng lóng | dinosaur (头 (tóu),只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly person |
| 沙龙 (沙龍) | shā lóng | salon (loanword) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nylon”.
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.