泥
Meanings
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- 1.restrained
- 1.mud
- 2.clay
- 3.paste
- 4.pulp
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Wiktionary
- 1.mud (Classifier: 嚿 c; 坺 c)
- 2.soil; earth
- 3.any mush-like substance
- 4.paint (used on walls)
- 5.an ancient river in modern Hunan
- 6.an ancient river in modern Gansu
- 7.weak
- 8.a kind of animal that lived in sea
- 9.a surname
- 10.(Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 泥 (MC nej)
- 11.to hold up; to bog down
- 12.to plaster; to cover with plaster
- 13.stubborn; obstinate
- 14.to pester using soft words
- 15.to be obsessed with and be reluctant to let go of
- 16.only used in 泥泥
- 17.only used in 泥母
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *niːl, *niːls): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 尼 (OC *nil). Schuessler (2007) suggests it is of Sino-Tibetan origin and compares it to Lai [script needed] (nôoy-I, nǒoy-II, “be muddy”), which STEDT derives from Proto-Kuki-Chin *nooy ~ *naay (“muddy; dirty”). According to Schuessler (2007), 泥 (OC *niːl, “mud”) is also cognate with 濘 (OC *neːŋs) but not with 涅 (OC *niːɡ), and is distinct from 泥 (OC *niːls, “impeded”). On the other hand, STEDT compares 泥 (OC *niːl, *niːls) to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-njak (“filth(y); excrement”), to which 敜 (OC *nɯːb) and 涅 (OC *niːɡ) are also compared.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
别走进泥地。
Don't step in the mud.
他身上满是泥。
He was covered with mud.
他的脸上满是泥。
His face was covered with mud.
這輛車陷在泥裡了。
The car got stuck in the mud.
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