| 1 | 泥 | 泥 | ní | ni2 | mud; clay; paste; pulp | | |
| 2 | 泥土 | 泥土 | ní tǔ | ni2 tu3 | earth; soil; mud; clay | | |
| 3 | 水泥 | 水泥 | shuǐ ní | shui3 ni2 | cement; Classifiers: 袋 | | |
| 4 | 泥沙 | 泥沙 | ní shā | ni2 sha1 | silt | | |
| 5 | 泥浆 | 泥漿 | ní jiāng | ni2 jiang1 | slurry; mud | | |
| 6 | 淤泥 | 淤泥 | yū ní | yu1 ni2 | silt; sludge; ooze | | |
| 7 | 泥坑 | 泥坑 | ní kēng | ni2 keng1 | mud pit; mire; morass | | |
| 8 | 污泥 | 污泥 | wū ní | wu1 ni2 | mud; sludge | | |
| 9 | 泥敷剂 | 泥敷劑 | ní fū jì | ni2 fu1 ji4 | poultice | | |
| 10 | 泥人 | 泥人 | ní rén | ni2 ren2 | clay figurine | | |
| 11 | 萝卜快了不洗泥 | 蘿蔔快了不洗泥 | luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní | luo2 bo5 kuai4 le5 bu4 xi3 ni2 | when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom); fig. when business is booming, merchants tend to offer goods of inferior quality | | |
| 12 | 烂泥 | 爛泥 | làn ní | lan4 ni2 | mud; mire | | |
| 13 | 泥铲 | 泥鏟 | ní chǎn | ni2 chan3 | trowel | | |
| 14 | 泥巴 | 泥巴 | ní bā | ni2 ba1 | mud | | |
| 15 | 南泥湾 | 南泥灣 | nán ní wān | Nan2 ni2 wan1 | Nanniwan | | |
| 16 | 绿泥石 | 綠泥石 | lǜ ní shí | lu:4 ni2 shi2 | chlorite (geology) | | |
| 17 | 嘴啃泥 | 嘴啃泥 | zuǐ kěn ní | zui3 ken3 ni2 | to fall flat on one's face | | |
| 18 | 浚泥船 | 浚泥船 | jùn ní chuán | jun4 ni2 chuan2 | dredger | | |
| 19 | 胶泥 | 膠泥 | jiāo ní | jiao1 ni2 | clay | | |
| 20 | 和稀泥 | 和稀泥 | huò xī ní | huo4 xi1 ni2 | to try to smooth things over; to paper over the issues; to gloss things over | | |
| 21 | 硅酸盐水泥 | 硅酸鹽水泥 | guī suān yán shuǐ ní | gui1 suan1 yan2 shui3 ni2 | Portland cement | | |
| 22 | 钢筋水泥 | 鋼筋水泥 | gāng jīn shuǐ ní | gang1 jin1 shui3 ni2 | reinforced concrete | | |
| 23 | 封泥 | 封泥 | fēng ní | feng1 ni2 | sealing clay; lute | | |
| 24 | 挡泥板 | 擋泥板 | dǎng ní bǎn | dang3 ni2 ban3 | mudguard | | |
| 25 | 出淤泥而不染 | 出淤泥而不染 | chū yū ní ér bù rǎn | chu1 yu1 ni2 er2 bu4 ran3 | lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom); fig. to be principled and incorruptible | | |