泥 ní
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 尼 Buddhist nun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
泥泞
nínìng
muddy; miry
Characters in this word
泞 nìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 宁 calm, peaceful
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 暴雨过后，通往山村的土路变得异常泥泞，救援车辆几乎无法通行。 Bàoyǔ guòhòu, tōngwǎng shāncūn de tǔlù biànde yìcháng nínìng, jiùyuán chēliàng jīhū wúfǎ tōngxíng. After the rainstorm, the dirt road to the mountain village became extremely muddy, making it almost impossible for rescue vehicles to pass.
- 下雨以后，田间小路又湿又泥泞。 Xià yǔ yǐhòu, tiánjiān xiǎolù yòu shī yòu nínìng. After the rain, the path through the fields is wet and muddy.
- 山路泥泞，我们走得非常慢。 Shānlù nínìng, wǒmen zǒu de fēicháng màn. The mountain road was muddy, so we walked very slowly.
Related words
- 泥 ní mud
- 水泥 shuǐní cement
- 泥潭 nítán quagmire; mire
- 泥土 nítǔ soil; earth
- 淤泥 yūní silt; mud
- 逆行 nìxíng to go against the traffic; to go against the normal direction
- 崎岖 qíqū rugged; rough; bumpy
- 立交桥 lìjiāoqiáo flyover; overpass; interchange bridge
- 坎坷 kǎnkě rough; full of frustrations
- 缆车 lǎnchē cable car
- 跨越 kuàyuè to cross over; to span; to overcome
- 客流 kèliú passenger flow; customer flow