泥

See also 泥

Translingual

Han character

泥 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水尸心 (ESP), four-corner 3711₁, composition ⿰氵尼)

1. mud, mire
2. earth, clay
3. plaster

References

• KangXi: page 617, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17311
• Dae Jaweon: page 1012, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1595, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6CE5

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Cantonese

Hanzi

泥 (jyutping nai4, nei6, Yale nai4, nei6)

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Hakka

Hanzi

泥 (POJ nî, nâi, Guangdong lai² [Bao'an, Dongguan, Hong Kong]; ni², nai², ni⁵, ne² [Kwangtung]; ni², nai² [Hailu, Siyan]; nai² [Meixian], Hagfa Pinyim ni2, nai2)

Usage notes

The nî ni5 (ni2) reading is literary, while the nâi nai5 (nai2) reading is colloquial. Readings in parentheses are Hagfa Pinyim.

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Noun

泥 (hiragana どろ, romaji doro)

1. mud

Derived terms

• 泥沼 (doronuma, “bog”)
• 泥仕合 (dorojiai, “mudslinging”)

Kanji

泥 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: でい (dei)
• Kun: どろ (doro), なずむ (nazumu)

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Korean

Hanja

泥 (hangeul 니>이, revised ni>i, McCune-Reischauer ni>i, Yale ni>i)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

泥 (pinyin ní (ni2), Wade-Giles ni²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

泥 (nê)