Keyword
mud
- earth
- clay
- plaster
- paste
- Frequency
- #1563
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
ní100%
Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 尼 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
水泥
cement
泥
mud; clay; paste; pulp
泥土
earth; soil; mud; clay
泥沙
silt
泥泞
muddy; mud
泥巴
(coll.) mud
污泥
mud; sludge
淤泥
silt; sludge; ooze
泥石流
landslide; torrent of mud and stones; mudslide
烂泥
mud; mire
泥浆
slurry; mud
泥潭
quagmire
泥鳅
loach; mud fish
泥水
muddy water; mud; masonry (craft)
泥
restrained
泥沼
swamp
拘泥
to be a stickler for formalities; to rigidly adhere to; to cling to; constrained; ill at ease
泥塑
clay modeling; clay figurine or statue
泥炭
peat
泥人
clay figurine
土豆泥
mashed potato
烂醉如泥
(idiom) to be dead drunk; to be plastered
南泥湾
Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安 (Yán'ān), Shaanxi; "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces
泥盆纪
Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)