Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "讷", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "讷", and master the standard way of writing the character "讷".
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Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "讷" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
讷
訥 nè
〈形〉
1 语言迟钝。
(Language is slow or blunt.)
例:木~。口~。~~(形容说话迟钝)。
(Example: Wooden tongue. Heavy mouth. Stuttering in speech.)
讷
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〈动〉
1 结结巴巴地说 ([En.] stammer)
2 忍而少言 ([En.] be hardhearted enough to talk rarely)
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〈形〉
1 【本义】:语言迟钝。
(Original meaning: Language is slow or blunt.)
造字法: 会意。从言,从内。表示有话在肚里,难以说出来。
(Character composition: Ideogram. It consists of 'speech' and 'inside', indicating having words inside but difficult to express.)
引
1 《说文》:讷,言难也。按,当为呐之或体。
(From "Shuowen": 讷 means difficult to speak. This should be related to '呐' or its form.)
2 《贾子道术》:论物明辨谓之辩,反辩为讷。
(From "Jiazidaoshu": To clarify and distinguish objects is called 'debate'; counter-debate is called '讷'.)
3 《论语·里仁》:君子欲讷于言而敏于行。
(From "Lunyu (Analects) · Liren": A gentleman wishes to be slow in speaking but quick in action.)
4 《史记·李将军列传》:广讷口少言。
(From "Records of the Grand Historian · Biography of General Li": He was broad yet spoke little.)
例
又如:讷口(言语迟钝;口齿笨拙);讷涩(言语艰难笨拙);讷直(言语迟钝,品格正直);讷钝(言语迟钝);讷言(言谈迟钝)
(Examples: 木讷 (slow speech; tongue-tied); 讷涩 (difficulty and clumsiness in speech); 讷直 (slow in speech but upright in character); 讷钝 (slow-witted in speech); 讷言 (slow in conversation).)
讷
訥 nè
〈动〉
1 结结巴巴地说 ([En.] stammer)
引
1 《水浒全传》:只听得差拨口里讷出一句“高太尉”三个字来。
(From "Water Margin": I heard him stammer out the words 'Gao Taiwei'.)
2 忍而少言 ([En.] be hardhearted enough to talk rarely)
引
1 三国 魏· 刘劭《人物志·体别》:能威能怀,能辨能讷。
(From "Personality Studies of the Three Kingdoms"): Able to intimidate and impress, able to discern and stammer.