泥 (nai4 nei6 | ni2 ni4) : mud, plaster; bigoted

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泥

nai4 nei6

ni2 ni4

[粵] nai4 [國] ni2
[1] mud; soil; mire; clay; plaster
[2] mashed vegetable or fruit; paste

[粵] nei6 [國] ni4
[1] cover with plaster; putty
[2] bigoted; obstinate; stubborn

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

泥

This word has been viewed 11489 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2009 03:41

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沙泥 saa1 nai4 = mud

手工泥 sau2 gung1 nai4 = modeling clay, modelling clay

泥巴 nai4 baa1 ni2 ba1 = mud

水泥 seoi2 nai4 shui3 ni2 = cement

紅毛泥 hung4 mou4 nai4 = cement 粵

泥氹 nai4 tam5 ni2 dang4 = mud puddle 粵

泥土 nai4 tou2 ni2 tu3 = clay; soil; earth

棗泥 zou2 nai4*2 zao3 ni2 = jujube paste

山泥 saan1 nai4 = mountain of mud/loose earth (+傾瀉=landslide)

山泥傾瀉 saan1 nai4 king1 se3 = landslide, landslip

泥頭車 nai4 tau4 ce1 = a dump truck 粵

泥斑 nai4 baan1 ni2 ban1 = tawny grouper

泥屋 nai4 uk1 = mud hut

泥水佬 nai4 seoi2 lou2 = a bricklayer, a mason 粵

泥磚 nai4 zyun1 = adobe

泥路 nai4 lou6 = a dirt road

鋼骨水泥 gong3 gwat1 seoi2 nai4 = reinforced concrete

泥牛入海 nai4 ngau4 jap6 hoi2 = disappear like clay buffalo drowned at sea

泥水 nai4 seoi2 = a mixture of earth and water; sweat drips

泥水工 nai4 seoi2 gung1 = a bricklayer, a mason

泥水匠 nai4 seoi2 zoeng6 ni2 shui3 jiang4 = a bricklayer, a mason

土豆泥 tou2 dau6 nai4 tu3 dou4 ni2 = [N China] mashed potatoes 國

英泥 jing1 nai4 = cement

泥湴 nai4 baan6 ni2 ban4 = mud 粵

淤泥 jyu1 nai4 yu1 ni2 = silt

薯泥 syu4 nai4 shu3 ni2 = mashed potatoes

水泥攪拌車 seoi2 nai4 gaau2 bun6 ce1 shui3 ni2 jiao3 ban4 che1 = a cement truck; a cement mixing truck

豆泥 dau6 nei4 = very poor or weak (in certain area, field, skill, quality, etc); inferior, bad 粵

棗泥月餅 zou2 nai4*2 jyut6 beng2 = date paste moon cakes

泥沙 nai4 saa1 = clay; soil; earth; silt

泥人 nai4 jan4 = a (clay) figurine

泥蝦 nai4 haa1 = sand prawn (Metapenaeus ensis)

頭泥 tau4 nai4 = [n] cradle cap on infants (patchy scales and redness on the scalp)

黃泥 wong4 nai4 = [n] yellow earth

泥洹 nai4 jyun4 ni2 yuan2 = nirvana

剷泥車 caan2 nai4 ce1 = a bulldozer

爛泥 laan6 nai4 lan4 ni2 = mud, slime, slush, ooze

雪泥 syut3 nai4 = snow slush

擋泥板 dong2 nai4 baan2 = a fender

泥街 nai4 gaai1 = local slang for Elgin Street

填泥 tin4 nai4 = spackle (filler cement for patching holes in walls)

釣泥鯭 diu3 nai4 maang1 = trolling for passengers (in an unlicensed taxi) 粵

泥鯭 nai4 maang1 = a rabbit fish, an unlicensed taxi 粵

老泥 lou5 nai4 = dirt 粵

泥塵 nai4 can4 = dust 粵

泥鯭的 nai4 maang1 dik1 = illegal taxi 粵

泥鯭的士 nai4 maang1 dik1 si6*2 = illegal taxi 粵

鏟泥車 caan2 nai4 ce1 = a bulldozer

鏟泥機 caan2 nai4 gei1 = a payloader (lit., "dirt shoveller")

泥公仔 nai4 gung1 zai2 = a clay figurine 粵

三合泥 saam1 hap6 nai4 = a Western Sichuan dessert which looks like mud

泥彩蛋 nai4 coi2 daan6*2 ni2 cai3 dan4 = Silly Putty

泥俑 nai4 jung2 ni2 yong3 = clay / earthen tomb figure / figurine

泥煤 nai4 mui4 ni2 mei2 = peat

泥石流 nai4 sek6 lau4 ni2 shi2 liu2 = mud-rock slide

玩泥沙 waan4*2 nai4 saa1 wan2 ni2 sha1 = 1. play with sand 2. child games; fooling around 粵

泥足深陷 = be up to one's knees in trouble; be in dire circumstances

泥濘 nai4 ning6 ni2 ning4 = muddy, mud

拖泥帶水 to1 nai4 daai3 seoi2 tuo1 ni2 dai4 shui3 = a slovenly job; sloppy; lit., wading in mud and water

泥鰍 nai4 cau1 ni2 qiu1 = the loach

膠泥 gaau1 nai4 jiao1 ni2 = [化] plasticine

泥鏝 nai4 maan6 ni2 man4 = a trowel

泥鴨 nai4 aap3*2 ni2 ya1 = a hybrid duck breed

草泥馬 cou2 nai4 maa5 cao3 ni2 ma3 = grass mud horse 國

爛泥扶唔上壁 laan6 nai4 fu4 m4 soeng5 bik3 = a silk purse cannot be made out of a sow's ear 粵

泥炭 nai4 taan3 ni2 tan4 = peat

泥菩薩過江 nai4 pou4 saat3 gwo3 gong1 ni2 pu2 sa4 guo4 jiang1 = in a sorry plight 粵

出污泥而不染 ceot1 wu1 nai4 ji4 bat1 jim5 chu1 wu1 ni2 er2 bu4 ran3 = remain undefiled in the face of widespread corruption

Showing all 2 examples containing 泥

畀架車瀄到成身泥粵
We're splashed with mud from head to toe by the passing car.
[lit. "the entire body"]

放膽一腳𨂾過坺泥湴粵
Don't worry, just jump over the puddle of mud.

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