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泥

ní

HSK 6 Character

What 泥 means

1. mud
2. clay
3. paste
4. pulp

Other readings

泥 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• nìrestrained

Example sentences

• 鹰嘴豆泥
  Hummus?
• 别走进泥地。
  Don't step in the mud.
• 他身上满是泥。
  He was covered with mud.
• 烂泥扶不上墙。
  You can't raise a cat to be a dog.
• 他的手上全是泥。
  Tā de shǒu shàng quán shì ní.
  His hands were covered with mud.
• 他的脸上满是泥。
  His face was covered with mud.

Words starting with 泥

• 泥土ní tǔearth; soil; mud; clay
• 泥泞ní nìngmuddy; mud
• 泥巴ní ba(colloquial) mud
• 泥沙ní shāsilt
• 泥水ní shuǐmuddy water; mud; masonry (craft)
• 泥浆ní jiāngslurry; mud
• 泥鳅ní qiuloach; mud fish
• 泥潭ní tánquagmire
• 泥石流ní shí liúlandslide; torrent of mud and stones; mudslide
• 泥塑ní sùclay modeling; clay figurine or statue
• 泥人ní rénclay figurine
• 泥沼ní zhǎoswamp
• 泥刀ní dāotrowel
• 泥古nì gǔstick-in-the-mud; to stick to old ways; stubbornly conservative
• 泥子nì ziputty (used by plumbers and glaziers)
• 泥孩ní háiclay doll
• 泥守nì shǒustubborn and conservative
• 泥封ní fēngto seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute; lute; luting
• 泥岩ní yánmudstone; shale
• 泥工ní gōngmason; masonry work
• 泥灰ní huīlime plaster (construction)
• 泥胎ní tāiclay idol
• 泥腿ní tuǐpeasant; yokel
• 泥质ní zhìmuddy

Words containing 泥

• 水泥shuǐ nícement
• 拘泥jū nìto be a stickler for formalities; to rigidly adhere to; to cling to
• 烂泥làn nímud; mire
• 淤泥yū nísilt; sludge; ooze
• 水泥地shuǐ ní dìconcrete-paved surface; concrete floor
• 污泥wū nímud; sludge
• 拖泥带水tuō ní dài shuǐ(idiom) muddy and wet; (idiom) (of speech, writing etc) slovenly; sloppy…
• 印泥yìn níred ink paste used for seal
• 封泥fēng nísealing clay; lute
• 彩泥cǎi níplaydough
• 果泥guǒ nífruit puree; fruit pulp
• 灰泥huī níplaster; mortar
• 脱泥tuō níto remove mud; desliming (in coal production)
• 胶泥jiāo níclay
• 软泥ruǎn nísoft mud; silt; sludge
• 雪泥xuě nídirty snow; slush; abbr. for 雪泥鸿爪
• 南泥湾Nán ní wānNanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安; "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to…
• 土豆泥tǔ dòu nímashed potato
• 白水泥bái shuǐ níwhite cement
• 绿泥石lǜ ní shíchlorite (geology)
• 骨水泥gǔ shuǐ níbone cement; orthopedic cement
• 判若云泥pàn ruò yún nías different as heaven and earth (idiom); worlds apart
• 钢骨水泥gāng gǔ shuǐ níreinforced concrete
• 云泥之别yún ní zhī bié(idiom) a world of difference

Characters built on 尼

These share the phonetic component 尼 (ní), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 妮nīgirl; phonetic "ni" (in female names); Taiwan pr. ní
• 昵nìfamiliar; intimate; to approach
• 铌níniobium (chemistry)
• 旎nǐused in 旖旎
• 怩níused in 忸怩
• 坭nívariant of 泥
• 伲nì(dialect) I; my; we

Characters that look like 泥

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 视shì(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 洗xǐto wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc)
• 沈shěn(literary) juice
• 浇jiāoto pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water
• 疣yóunodule; wart
• 泷lóngrapids; waterfall; torrential (rain)

Sounds the same

Read ní, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 尼Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
• 霓Japanese cicada; old variant of 霓
• 呢dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
• 倪(literary) small child; (literary) limit; bound; extremity; (literary) to differentiate
• 铌niobium (chemistry)
• 怩used in 忸怩
• 鲵Cryptobranchus japonicus; salamander
• 秜self-sown rice
• 𫐐clamps for crossbar of carriage
• 麑fawn
• 𫠜teeth grown in old age
• 郳place name