ni2
mud; clay; paste; pulp

ni4
restrained

strokes 8
radical
strokes after radical 5
白水泥 白水泥 bai2 shui3 ni2
white cement

草泥马 草泥馬 cao3 ni2 ma3
grass mud horse; used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈, to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet

出淤泥而不染 出淤泥而不染 chu1 yu1 ni2 er2 bu4 ran3
lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom); fig. to be principled and incorruptible

挡泥板 擋泥板 dang3 ni2 ban3
mudguard

封泥 封泥 feng1 ni2
sealing clay; lute

钢骨水泥 鋼骨水泥 gang1 gu3 shui3 ni2
reinforced concrete

钢筋水泥 鋼筋水泥 gang1 jin1 shui3 ni2
reinforced concrete

硅酸盐水泥 硅酸鹽水泥 gui1 suan1 yan2 shui3 ni2
Portland cement

红泥月亮 紅泥月亮 hong2 ni2 yue4 liang5
Honeymoon

灰泥 灰泥 hui1 ni2
plaster; mortar

和稀泥 和稀泥 huo4 xi1 ni2
to try to smooth things over; to paper over the issues; to gloss things over

胶泥 膠泥 jiao1 ni2
clay

拘泥 拘泥 ju1 ni4
to be a stickler for formalities; to rigidly adhere to; to cling to; constrained; ill at ease

浚泥船 浚泥船 jun4 ni2 chuan2
dredger

烂泥 爛泥 lan4 ni2
mud; mire

烂泥扶不上墙 爛泥扶不上牆 lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2
useless (idiom); worthless; inept

烂泥糊不上墙 爛泥糊不上牆 lan4 ni2 hu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2
see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙

烂醉如泥 爛醉如泥 lan4 zui4 ru2 ni2
lit. as drunk as mud; completely drunk

绿泥石 綠泥石 lv4 ni2 shi2
chlorite (geology)

马铃薯泥 馬鈴薯泥 ma3 ling2 shu3 ni2
mashed potato

抹稀泥 抹稀泥 mo3 xi1 ni2
see 和稀泥

南泥湾 南泥灣 nan2 ni2 wan1
Nanniwan

泥巴 泥巴 ni2 ba1
mud

泥铲 泥鏟 ni2 chan3
trowel

泥刀 泥刀 ni2 dao1
trowel

泥封 泥封 ni2 feng1
to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute; lute; luting

泥工 泥工 ni2 gong1
mason; masonry work

泥垢 泥垢 ni2 gou4
dirt; grime

泥孩 泥孩 ni2 hai2
clay doll

泥灰 泥灰 ni2 hui1
lime plaster (construction)

泥浆 泥漿 ni2 jiang1
slurry; mud

泥金 泥金 ni2 jin1
to gild; gilt

泥坑 泥坑 ni2 keng1
mud pit; mire; morass

泥煤 泥煤 ni2 mei2
peat

泥淖 泥淖 ni2 nao4
mud; muddy swamp; sump; fig. a sticky predicament

泥泞 泥濘 ni2 ning4
muddy; mud

泥牛入海 泥牛入海 ni2 niu2 ru4 hai3
lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning

泥盆纪 泥盆紀 ni2 pen2 ji4
Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)

泥菩萨 泥菩薩 ni2 pu2 sa4
clay Bodhisattva

泥菩萨过江,自身难保 泥菩薩過江,自身難保 ni2 pu2 sa4 guo4 jiang1 - zi4 shen1 nan2 bao3
like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety; unable to save oneself, let alone others

泥鳅 泥鰍 ni2 qiu5
loach; mud fish

泥沙 泥沙 ni2 sha1
silt

泥沙俱下 泥沙俱下 ni2 sha1 ju4 xia4
mud and sand flow together (idiom); good and bad mingle

泥石流 泥石流 ni2 shi2 liu2
landslide; torrent of mud and stones; mudslide

泥水 泥水 ni2 shui3
muddy water; mud; masonry (craft)

泥水匠 泥水匠 ni2 shui3 jiang4
mason

泥塑 泥塑 ni2 su4
clay modeling; clay figurine or statue

泥胎 泥胎 ni2 tai1
clay idol

泥潭 泥潭 ni2 tan2
quagmire

泥炭 泥炭 ni2 tan4
peat

泥炭藓 泥炭蘚 ni2 tan4 xian3
matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)

泥涂轩冕 泥塗軒冕 ni2 tu2 xuan1 mian3
to despise titles and high offices

泥土 泥土 ni2 tu3
earth; soil; mud; clay

泥腿 泥腿 ni2 tui3
peasant; yokel

泥腿子 泥腿子 ni2 tui3 zi5
peasant; yokel

泥瓦匠 泥瓦匠 ni2 wa3 jiang4
bricklayer; tiler; mason

泥岩 泥岩 ni2 yan2
mudstone; shale

泥沼 泥沼 ni2 zhao3
swamp

泥质 泥質 ni2 zhi4
muddy

泥质岩 泥質岩 ni2 zhi4 yan2
mudstone (geology)

泥质页岩 泥質頁岩 ni2 zhi4 ye4 yan2
mudstone

泥醉 泥醉 ni2 zui4
blind drunk; drunk as drunk can be

泥古 泥古 ni4 gu3
stick-in-the-mud; to stick to old ways; stubbornly conservative

泥古不化 泥古不化 ni4 gu3 bu4 hua4
conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)

泥守 泥守 ni4 shou3
stubborn and conservative

泥子 泥子 ni4 zi5
putty (used by plumbers and glaziers)

判若云泥 判若雲泥 pan4 ruo4 yun2 ni2
as different as heaven and earth (idiom); worlds apart

软泥 軟泥 ruan3 ni2
soft mud; silt; sludge; ooze (geology)

软泥儿 軟泥兒 ruan3 ni2 er5
erhua variant of 軟泥|软泥

山泥倾泻 山泥傾瀉 shan1 ni2 qing1 xie4
a landslide

水泥 水泥 shui3 ni2
cement

土豆泥 土豆泥 tu3 dou4 ni2
mashed potato

脱泥 脫泥 tuo1 ni2
to remove mud; desliming (in coal production)

拖泥带水 拖泥帶水 tuo1 ni2 dai4 shui3
lit. wading in mud and water; a slovenly job; sloppy

往泥里踩 往泥裡踩 wang3 ni4 li3 cai3
to belittle; to attack sb

污泥 污泥 wu1 ni2
mud; sludge

雪泥 雪泥 xue3 ni2
dirty snow; slush; abbr. for 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪

雪泥鸿爪 雪泥鴻爪 xue3 ni2 hong2 zhao3
a goose's footprint in the snow; vestiges of the past (idiom); the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)

燕子衔泥垒大窝 燕子銜泥壘大窩 yan4 zi5 xian2 ni2 lei3 da4 wo1
the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom); many a little makes a mickle

印泥 印泥 yin4 ni2
red ink paste used for seal

淤泥 淤泥 yu1 ni2
silt; sludge; ooze

芋泥 芋泥 yu4 ni2
yam paste (a snack in Chaozhou cuisine)

枣泥 棗泥 zao3 ni2
jujube paste

嘴啃泥 嘴啃泥 zui3 ken3 ni2
to fall flat on one's face