泥 - ní - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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泥

ní

Definition

mud
clay
paste
pulp

Other pronunciations

nì

restrained

Character Decomposition

Related words (64)

trowel

earth; soil; mud; clay

泥坑

ní kēng

mud pit; mire; morass

dirt; grime

clay modeling; clay statue; clay figurine

clay doll

to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute; lute; luting

mudstone; shale

mason; masonry work

mud

muddy water; mud; masonry (craft)

silt

swamp

muddy; mud

slurry; mud

mud; muddy swamp; sump; (fig.) a sticky predicament

quagmire

lime plaster (construction)

peat

peat

clay idol

peasant; yokel

muddy

blind drunk; drunk as drunk can be

to gild; gilt

trowel

loach; mud fish

mason

matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)

泥瓦匠

ní wǎ jiàng

bricklayer; tiler; mason

泥石流

ní shí liú

landslide; torrent of mud and stones; mudslide

peasant; yokel

clay Bodhisattva

mudstone (geology)

to despise titles and high offices

mudstone

red ink paste used for seal

sealing clay; lute

jujube paste

cement

mud; sludge

silt; sludge; ooze

plaster; mortar

mud; mire

clay

to remove mud; desliming (in coal production)

软泥

ruǎn ní

soft mud; silt; sludge; ooze (geology)

雪泥

xuě ní

dirty snow; slush; abbr. for 雪泥鸿爪

和稀泥

huò xī ní

to try to smooth things over; to paper over the issues; to gloss things over

嘴啃泥

zuǐ kěn ní

to fall flat on one's face

土豆泥

tǔ dòu ní

mashed potato; mashed potatoes

see 和稀泥

mudguard

dredger

white cement

chlorite (geology)

grass mud horse; used as a substitute for 肏你妈, to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet

a landslide

(lit.) wading in mud and water; a slovenly job; sloppy

烂醉如泥

làn zuì rú ní

(lit.) as drunk as mud; completely drunk

reinforced concrete

reinforced concrete

mashed potato

làn ní hú bù shàng qiáng

see 烂泥扶不上墙

Idioms (7)

泥沙俱下

ní shā jù xià

mud and sand flow together (idiom); good and bad mingle

泥牛入海

ní niú rù hǎi

(lit.) a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning

判若云泥

pàn ruò yún ní

as different as heaven and earth (idiom); worlds apart

雪泥鸿爪

xuě ní hóng zhǎo

a goose's footprint in the snow; vestiges of the past (idiom); the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)

出淤泥而不染

chū yū ní ér bù rǎn

(lit.) to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom); (fig.) to be principled and incorruptible

烂泥扶不上墙

làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng

useless (idiom); worthless; inept

燕子衔泥垒大窝

yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō

the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom); many a little makes a mickle

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