泥沼

Chinese

		restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp	pond; pool
trad. (泥沼)		泥	沼
simp. #(泥沼)		泥	沼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nízhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄓㄠˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-chiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nízhǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄓㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níjhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ni²-chao³
    • Yale: ní-jǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nijao
    • Palladius: ничжао (ničžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-chiau
    • Tâi-lô: nî-tsiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niciaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡siau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² t͡siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ t͡siau⁴⁴/

Noun

泥沼

1. bog
2. the situation in which one is stuck (as if in a bog)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
泥	沼
どろ Grade: S	ぬま Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 泥(どろ) (doro, “mud”) + 沼(ぬま) (numa, “swamp”).

Noun

泥(どろ)沼(ぬま) • (doronuma) 

1. muddy swamp; bog
2. the situation in which one is stuck (as if in a bog)

Derived terms

• 泥沼化 (doronumaka, “bog down”)