Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

plan to

Chinese: 打算、起草,也表示模拟。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “ni” becomes a different word in each tone. 拟 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 模拟mó nǐimitation; to simulate; to imitate; analog (device, as opposed to digital)
  • 拟定nǐ dìngto draw up; to draft; to formulate
  • 虚拟xū nǐto imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical
  • 拟人nǐ rénpersonification; anthropomorphism
  • 拟作nǐ zuòto write in the style of some author; to write as if from the mouth of sb; a pastiche

Example Sentence

写文章前,最好先拟一个提纲。Xiě wén zhāng qián, zuì hǎo xiān nǐ yí ge tí gāng.Before writing an article, it is best to draft an outline first.

Xiěto write文章wén zhāngarticleqiánfront最好zuì hǎobestxiānbeforehanddoubtful一个yí gea提纲tí gāngoutline