泥巴

Chinese

		restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp	(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)
trad. (泥巴)		泥	巴
simp. #(泥巴)		泥	巴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): níba, níbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ˙ㄅㄚ, ㄋㄧˊ ㄅㄚ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyi² ba¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nai⁴ baa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-pa
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyi² ba¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níba
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ˙ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níbå
    • Wade–Giles: ni²-pa⁵
    • Yale: ní-ba
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni.ba
    • Palladius: ниба (niba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ b̥ä³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níba
    • Wade–Giles: ni²-pa¹
    • Yale: ní-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niba
    • Palladius: ниба (niba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ pä⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi² ba¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: niba
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲi²¹ pa⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nai⁴ baa¹
    • Yale: nàih bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nai⁴ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nei⁴ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐi̯²¹ paː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-pa
    • Tâi-lô: nî-pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'paf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² pa³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: nyi² ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi¹³ pa̠³³/

Noun

泥巴

1. (regional, colloquial) mud; mire

   我的鞋子沾到泥巴了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ de xiézi zhān dào níbā le. [Pinyin]

   My shoes are stained with mud.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 泥 (“mud”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		塗, 泥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		泥
Mandarin	Beijing	泥, 泥巴, 泥巴兒
	Taiwan	泥巴
	Tianjin	泥
	Tangshan	泥
	Baoding	泥, 泥巴
	Shijiazhuang	泥
	Chifeng	泥, 泥巴
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	泥
	Harbin	泥, 泥巴
	Shenyang	泥
	Yantai (Muping)	泥
	Qingdao	泥
	Jinan	泥巴, 泥
	Luoyang	泥巴
	Wanrong	泥
	Zhengzhou	泥
	Xi'an	泥
	Lanzhou	泥, 泥巴
	Xining	泥
	Ürümqi	泥巴
	Wuhan	泥巴
	Chengdu	泥巴
	Chongqing	泥巴
	Guiyang	泥巴
	Kunming	泥, 泥巴
	Guilin	泥巴
	Liuzhou	泥, 泥巴
	Xuzhou	泥
	Yangzhou	泥, 泥巴, 爛泥
	Nanjing	泥, 泥巴
	Hefei	泥巴
	Nantong	泥, 爛泥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	泥
	Hong Kong	泥
	Dongguan	泥
	Yangjiang	泥
Gan	Nanchang	泥巴
	Lichuan	泥
	Jianning	泥
	Taining	泥
Hakka	Meixian	泥
	Pinghe (Jiufeng)	泥
	Changting	泥
	Shanghang	泥
	Yongding	泥
	Liancheng	泥
	Ninghua	泥
	Qingliu	泥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	泥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	泥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	泥
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	泥沙
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	泥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	泥
Huizhou	Jixi	泥, 糊泥
Jin	Taiyuan	泥
	Xinzhou	泥
	Linhe	泥
	Jining	泥
	Hohhot	泥
	Zhangjiakou	泥
	Handan	泥
Northern Min	Jian'ou	泥
	Songxi	泥
	Zhenghe	泥
	Jianyang	泥
	Wuyishan	泥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	塗
	Changle	塗
	Lianjiang	塗
	Fuqing	塗
	Pingtan	塗
	Yongtai	塗
	Minqing	塗
	Gutian	塗
	Pingnan	塗
	Luoyuan	塗
	Fu'an	塗
	Ningde	塗
	Xiapu	塗
	Zherong	塗
	Shouning	塗
	Zhouning	塗
	Fuding	塗
Southern Min	Xiamen	塗
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	塗
	Quanzhou	塗
	Jinjiang	塗
	Nan'an	塗
	Shishi	塗
	Hui'an	塗
	Anxi	塗
	Yongchun	塗
	Dehua	塗
	Zhangzhou	塗
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	塗
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	塗
	Hua'an	塗
	Nanjing	塗
	Pinghe	塗
	Zhangpu	塗
	Yunxiao	塗
	Zhao'an	塗
	Dongshan	塗
	Taipei	塗 GT
	Kinmen	塗
	Longyan	塗
	Zhangping	塗
	Datian	塗
	Chaozhou	塗
	Shantou	塗
	Shantou (Chenghai)	塗
	Jieyang	塗
	Haifeng	塗
	Leizhou	塗
	Haikou	塗
Puxian Min	Putian	塗
	Xianyou	塗
Central Min	Yong'an	泥
	Sanyuan	泥
	Shaxian	泥
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	泥
	Guangze	泥
	Jiangle	泥
	Mingxi	泥
	Shunchang	泥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	泥
Wu	Shanghai	爛泥, 爛糊泥
	Suzhou	爛泥, 爛污泥
	Danyang	泥, 爛泥
	Hangzhou	泥巴, 爛污泥, 爛泥
	Ningbo	爛污泥, 淖泥, 爛泥
	Wenzhou	爛污泥, 爛污泥兒, 爛泥, 泥
	Pucheng	泥
Xiang	Changsha	泥巴
	Loudi	泥巴
	Shuangfeng	泥巴
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 土 (“earth; soil (dry)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		土
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		土
Mandarin	Beijing	土
	Harbin	土
	Jinan	土, 土拉
	Wuhan	泥巴
	Chengdu	泥巴
	Guiyang	泥巴
	Guilin	土
	Liuzhou	泥, 泥巴
	Yangzhou	泥, 爛泥
	Hefei	土
Cantonese	Guangzhou	泥
	Hong Kong	泥
	Dongguan	泥
	Yangjiang	泥
	Beihai	泥
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	土
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	土
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	土, 泥
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	泥
	Móng Cái	土, 泥
Gan	Nanchang	泥巴, 土
Hakka	Meixian	泥
	Xingning	泥
	Huidong (Daling)	泥
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	泥
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	泥
	Changting	泥
	Wuping	泥
	Wuping (Pingyu)	泥
	Liancheng	泥
	Ruijin	泥, 那泥
	Shicheng	泥
	Shangyou (Shexi)	泥
Huizhou	Jixi	糊泥
Jin	Taiyuan	土
	Xinzhou	土
Northern Min	Jian'ou	泥
	Songxi	泥
	Zhenghe	泥
	Jianyang	泥
	Wuyishan	泥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	塗
	Changle	塗
	Lianjiang	塗
	Fuqing	塗
	Pingtan	塗
	Yongtai	塗
	Minqing	塗
	Gutian	塗
	Pingnan	塗
	Luoyuan	塗
	Fu'an	塗
	Ningde	塗
	Xiapu	塗
	Zherong	塗
	Shouning	塗
	Zhouning	塗
	Fuding	塗
Southern Min	Xiamen	塗
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	塗
	Quanzhou	塗
	Jinjiang	塗
	Nan'an	塗
	Shishi	塗
	Hui'an	塗
	Anxi	塗
	Yongchun	塗
	Dehua	塗
	Zhangzhou	塗
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	塗
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	塗
	Hua'an	塗
	Nanjing	塗
	Pinghe	塗
	Zhangpu	塗
	Yunxiao	塗
	Zhao'an	塗
	Dongshan	塗
	Kinmen	塗
	Manila (Hokkien)	塗
	Longyan	塗
	Zhangping	塗
	Datian	塗
	Chaozhou	塗
	Shantou	塗
	Shantou (Chenghai)	塗
	Jieyang	塗
	Leizhou	塗
	Wenchang	塗
	Haikou	塗
Puxian Min	Putian	塗
	Xianyou	塗
Central Min	Yong'an	泥
	Sanyuan	泥
	Shaxian	泥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	泥
Wu	Shanghai	爛泥, 爛糊泥
	Shanghai (Chongming)	爛泥
	Suzhou	爛泥, 硬爛泥
	Danyang	爛泥
	Hangzhou	爛污泥
	Ningbo	淖泥, 爛泥
	Wenzhou	爛污泥, 爛污泥兒, 爛泥, 泥
	Jinhua	糊泥, 泥
Xiang	Changsha	泥巴
	Xiangxiang	土
	Shuangfeng	土

Derived terms

• 泥巴坨
• 洋泥巴