Chinese Word: 泥 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

泥Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 水

Pictophonetic:尼 indicates the sound; 氵 (water) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 氵 [ shuǐ ] water
- 尼 [ ní ] Buddhist nun; used in transliterations

Similar Characters: 坭

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Pinyin: ní

English Definition:mud; clay; paste; pulp

Chinese Definition:
①软弱无力。
②另见nì。

Example Words:

水泥HSK 6	shuǐ ní	cement; Classifiers: 袋
泥土	ní tǔ	earth; soil; mud; clay
泥沙	ní shā	silt
泥泞	ní nìng	muddy; mud
泥石流	ní shí liú	landslide; torrent of mud and stones; mudslide

Pinyin: nì

English Definition:restrained

Chinese Definition:
①涂抹：泥墙。泥缝儿(f坣gr)。
②固执，死板：拘泥。泥古(拘泥古代的制度和说法，不根据具体情况加以变通)。泥守。

Example Words:

拘泥	jū nì	to be a stickler for formalities; to rigidly adhere to; to cling to; constrained; ill at ease
泥子	nì zi	putty (used by plumbers and glaziers)
泥古不化	nì gǔ bù huà	conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
往泥里踩	wǎng nì lǐ cǎi	to belittle; to attack sb
泥古	nì gǔ	stick-in-the-mud; to stick to old ways; stubbornly conservative

1		hái zi men 孩子们 xǐ huan 喜欢 wán 玩 ní 泥 hé 和 zhì zuò 制作 diāo sù 雕塑。 The children loved playing with the mud and making sculptures.
2		shuǐ ní 水泥 shì 是 fēi cháng 非常 zhòng yào 重要 de 的 yì zhǒng 一种 jiàn zhù 建筑 cái liào 材料。 Cement is a very important building material.
3		jiě jie 姐姐 zuò 做 le 了 yì xiē 一些 tián 甜 yù ní 芋泥 gěi 给 wǒ men 我们 cháng cháng 尝尝。 My older sister made some sweet taro pudding for us to taste.
4		gāi 该 gōng sī 公司 shì 是 gāi guó 该国 zuì dà 最大 de 的 shuǐ ní 水泥 shēng chǎn shāng 生产商 zhī yī 之一。 The company is one of the largest cement producers in the country.
5		yīn wèi 因为 xǐ huan 喜欢 wán 玩 ní bā 泥巴， zhè ge 这个 hái zi 孩子 de 的 shǒu 手 zǒng shì 总是 zāng 脏 de 的。 The child's hands are always dirty because he likes to play with mud.

1		hái zi men 孩子们 xǐ huan 喜欢 wán 玩 ní 泥 hé 和 zhì zuò 制作 diāo sù 雕塑。 The children loved playing with the mud and making sculptures.
2		shuǐ ní 水泥 shì 是 fēi cháng 非常 zhòng yào 重要 de 的 yì zhǒng 一种 jiàn zhù 建筑 cái liào 材料。 Cement is a very important building material.
3		jiě jie 姐姐 zuò 做 le 了 yì xiē 一些 tián 甜 yù ní 芋泥 gěi 给 wǒ men 我们 cháng cháng 尝尝。 My older sister made some sweet taro pudding for us to taste.
4		gāi 该 gōng sī 公司 shì 是 gāi guó 该国 zuì dà 最大 de 的 shuǐ ní 水泥 shēng chǎn shāng 生产商 zhī yī 之一。 The company is one of the largest cement producers in the country.
5		yīn wèi 因为 xǐ huan 喜欢 wán 玩 ní bā 泥巴， zhè ge 这个 hái zi 孩子 de 的 shǒu 手 zǒng shì 总是 zāng 脏 de 的。 The child's hands are always dirty because he likes to play with mud.