"泥" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 泥 |  ní | mud / clay / paste / pulp |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥 | nì | restrained | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 泥土 | ní tǔ | earth / soil / mud / clay | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥巴 | ní bā | mud | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥泞 | ní nìng | muddy / mud | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥沙 | ní shā | silt | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥潭 | ní tán | quagmire | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥鳅 | ní qiu | loach / mud fish / CL:條|条[tiao2] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥浆 | ní jiāng | slurry / mud | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥塑 | ní sù | clay modeling / clay figurine or statue | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥沼 | ní zhǎo | swamp | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥水 | ní shuǐ | muddy water / mud / masonry (craft) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥坑 | ní kēng | mud pit / mire / morass | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥淖 | ní nào | mud / muddy swamp / sump / fig. a sticky predicament | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥炭 | ní tàn | peat | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥工 | ní gōng | mason / masonry work | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥灰 | ní huī | lime plaster (construction) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥垢 | ní gòu | dirt / grime | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥灶 | mud stove | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥铲 | ní chǎn | trowel | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥刀 | ní dāo | trowel | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥封 | ní fēng | to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute / lute / luting | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥古 | nì gǔ | stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥孩 | ní hái | clay doll | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥金 | ní jīn | to gild / gilt | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥犁 | ní lí | (Buddhism) Naraka | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥流 | ní liú | solifluction | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥煤 | ní méi | peat | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥人 | ní rén | clay figurine | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥守 | nì shǒu | stubborn and conservative | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥胎 | ní tāi | clay idol | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥腿 | ní tuǐ | peasant / yokel | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥岩 | ní yán | mudstone / shale | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥质 | ní zhì | muddy | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥子 | nì zi | putty (used by plumbers and glaziers) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 泥醉 | ní zuì | blind drunk / drunk as drunk can be | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 泥石流 | ní shí liú | landslide / torrent of mud and stones / mudslide | |
| 泥菩萨 | ní pú sà | clay Bodhisattva | |
| 泥水匠 | ní shuǐ jiàng | mason | |
| 泥瓦匠 | ní wǎ jiàng | bricklayer / tiler / mason | |
| 泥炭地 | peatland | | |
| 泥炭沼 | bog / peat bog | | |
| 泥敷剂 | ní fū jì | poultice | |
| 泥盆纪 | Ní pén jì | Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago) | |
| 泥炭藓 | ní tàn xiǎn | matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre) | |
| 泥腿子 | ní tuǐ zi | peasant / yokel | |
| 泥瓦工 | ní wǎ gōng | mason | |
| 泥质岩 | ní zhì yán | mudstone (geology) | |
| 泥牛入海 | ní niú rù hǎi | lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom) / fig. to disappear with no hope of returning | |
| 泥沙俱下 | ní shā jù xià | mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle | |
| 泥古不化 | nì gǔ bù huà | conservative and unable to adapt (idiom) | |
| 泥流作用 | solifluction | | |
| 泥涂轩冕 | ní tú xuān miǎn | to despise titles and high offices | |
| 泥质页岩 | ní zhì yè yán | mudstone | |
| 泥菩萨过江 | ní pú sà guò jiāng | a clay Bodhisattva fording a river / unable to save oneself, let alone others | |
| 泥菩萨过江，自身难保 | ní pú sà guò jiāng , zì shēn nán bǎo | like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety / unable to save oneself, let alone others | |
Approximate Results for 泥 | ||||
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement / CL:袋[dai4] | | |
| 污泥 | wū ní | mud / sludge | | |
| 淤泥 | yū ní | silt / sludge / ooze | | |
| 烂泥 | làn ní | mud / mire | | |
| 拘泥 | jū nì | to be a stickler for formalities / to rigidly adhere to / to cling to / constrained / ill at ease | | |
| 印泥 | yìn ní | red ink paste used for seal | | |
| 胶泥 | jiāo ní | clay | | |
| 软泥 | ruǎn ní | soft mud / silt / sludge / ooze (geology) | | |
| 枣泥 | zǎo ní | jujube paste | | |
| 灰泥 | huī ní | plaster / mortar | | |
| 封泥 | fēng ní | sealing clay / lute | | |
| 纹泥 | varve | | ||
| 红泥 | titanium dioxide wastes / red mud | | ||
| 彩泥 | cǎi ní | playdough | | |
| 果泥 | guǒ ní | fruit puree / fruit pulp | | |
| 薯泥 | shǔ ní | mashed potato | | |
| 蒜泥 | suàn ní | thoroughly mashed or minced garlic / garlic paste | | |
| 脱泥 | tuō ní | to remove mud / desliming (in coal production) | | |
| 雪泥 | xuě ní | dirty snow / slush / abbr. for 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xue3 ni2 hong2 zhao3] | | |
| 芋泥 | Yù ní | yam paste (a snack in Chaozhou cuisine) | | |
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| 土豆泥 | tǔ dòu ní | mashed potato | |
| 挡泥板 | dǎng ní bǎn | (car, bicycle etc) fender / mudguard / (UK) wing | |
| 和稀泥 | huò xī ní | to try to smooth things over / to paper over the issues / to gloss things over | |
| 白水泥 | bái shuǐ ní | white cement | |
| 锈泥鲽 | yellowtail flounder | | |
| 油污泥 | oil sludge | | |
| 季候泥 | varve | | |
| 硅藻泥 | diatom ooze | | |
| 灰泥工 | Plasterer | | |
| 草泥马 | cǎo ní mǎ | grass mud horse / used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1], to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet | |
| 浚泥船 | jùn ní chuán | dredger | |
| 罱泥船 | lǎn ní chuán | boat used for collecting river sludge (to use as a fertilizer) | |
| 绿泥石 | lu:4 ní shí | chlorite (geology) | |
| 抹稀泥 | mǒ xī ní | see 和稀泥[huo4 xi1 ni2] | |
| 南泥湾 | Nán ní wān | Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi / "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces | |
| 苹果泥 | píng guǒ ní | apple sauce | |
| 软泥儿 | ruǎn ní r | erhua variant of 軟泥|软泥[ruan3 ni2] | |
| 橡皮泥 | xiàng pí ní | plasticine / modeling clay | |
| 嘴啃泥 | zuǐ kěn ní | to fall flat on one's face | |
| 拖泥带水 | tuō ní dài shuǐ | lit. wading in mud and water / a slovenly job / sloppy | |
| 烂醉如泥 | làn zuì rú ní | (idiom) to be dead drunk / to be plastered | |
| 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) | |
| 淤泥淤塞 | siltation / silting up | | |
| 钙质软泥 | calcareous ooze | | |
| 酸性腐泥 | moder | | |
| 结核矿泥 | nodule slurry | | |
| 冰川纹泥 | glacial varve | | |
| 污水污泥 | sewage sludge / treatment sludge | | |
| 自动脱泥 | self-desliming | | |
| 活性污泥 | activated sludge | | |
| 含油污泥 | oil sludge | | |
| 食泥动物 | sediment feeder | | |
| 钢骨水泥 | gāng gǔ shuǐ ní | reinforced concrete | |
| 钢筋水泥 | gāng jīn shuǐ ní | reinforced concrete | |
| 红泥月亮 | Hóng ní yuè liang | Honeymoon | |
| 马铃薯泥 | mǎ líng shǔ ní | mashed potato | |
| 判若云泥 | pàn ruò yún ní | as different as heaven and earth (idiom) / worlds apart | |
| 山泥倾泻 | shān ní qīng xiè | a landslide | |
| 拖泥带水 | tuō ní - dài shuǐ | (idiom) muddy and wet / (idiom) (of speech, writing etc) slovenly / sloppy / (of actions) indecisive | |
| 往泥里踩 | wǎng nì lǐ cǎi | to belittle / to attack sb | |
| 鹰嘴豆泥 | yīng zuǐ dòu ní | hummus | |
| 云泥之别 | yún ní zhī bié | (idiom) a world of difference | |
| 云泥之差 | yún ní zhī chà | see 雲泥之別|云泥之别[yun2ni2 zhi1 bie2] | |
| 硅酸盐水泥 | guī suān yán shuǐ ní | Portland cement | |
| 挖泥船链斗 | dredge bucket | | |
| 放射虫软泥 | radiolarian ooze | | |
| 吸式挖泥机 | suction dredge | | |
| 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 | |
| 国际泥炭学会 | International Peat Society | | |
| 烂泥扶不上墙 | làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng | useless (idiom) / worthless / inept | |
| 烂泥糊不上墙 | làn ní hú bù shàng qiáng | see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2] | |
| 埋藏海底泥土中 | sea-bed insertion | | |
| 拔出萝卜带出泥 | bá chū luó bo dài chū ní | lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom) / fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes / to cause further problems while working on a problem | |
| 萝卜快了不洗泥 | luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 上流式厌氧污泥床 | Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket reactor / UASB reactor | | |
| 污水污泥地面处理 | sewage sludge application / land disposal of sewage sludge | | |
| 国际泥沙研究培训中心 | International Research and Training Centre on Erosion and Sedimentation | | |
| 阿拉伯水泥和建筑材料联盟 | Arab Union for Cement and Building Materials | | |
| 阿拉伯水泥工业区域开发和训练中心 | Arab Regional Development and Training Centre for the Cement Industry | |
