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 14016 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
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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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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 泥
Unicode code for this character: U+6ce5 (off-site link)

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