How do you pronounce 니?

니 is romanized ni and read exactly as written.

니

니 — ni

니 is ㄴ plus ㅣ, romanized ni and read exactly as written. You can hear it below, recorded by a native Korean speaker.

Frequency: common — it appears at or above the median frequency in the teaching material behind this site. The boundary is the median of the cells that appear at all, which works out at 21 occurrences.

How this block is put together

ㄴ + ㅣ — the vowel stands to the right of the consonant.

The two letters

ㄴ (nieun)

/n/

the n in no

ㅣ

/i/

the ee in see

Words containing 니

언니older sister (of a female)
아니요no
어머니mother
할머니grandmother
아니에요is not
외할머니maternal grandmother

Syllables that sound the same

The standard gives these the same reading as 니, even though they are spelled differently.

늬nui

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㄴ)

Same vowel (ㅣ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 니?: 니 is romanized ni and read exactly as written.