淤 yū
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 於 at, in, on
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
淤泥
yūní
silt; mud
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 洪水退去后，街道上堆满厚厚的淤泥，清理工作持续了数日。 Hóngshuǐ tuìqù hòu, jiēdào shàng duī mǎn hòuhòu de yūní, qīnglǐ gōngzuò chíxù le shù rì. After the flood receded, the streets were covered with thick silt, and the clean-up lasted for several days.
- 荷花从淤泥中长出来，却开得非常干净美丽。 Héhuā cóng yūní zhōng zhǎng chūlái, què kāi de fēicháng gānjìng měilì. Lotuses grow out of the silt, yet bloom remarkably clean and beautiful.
- 工人们用铲子把河底的淤泥一筐一筐运上岸。 Gōngrénmen yòng chǎnzi bǎ hé dǐ de yūní yì kuāng yì kuāng yùn shàng àn. The workers used shovels to carry the silt from the river bottom ashore, basket by basket.
Related words
- 泥 ní mud
- 水泥 shuǐní cement
- 泥泞 nínìng muddy; miry
- 泥潭 nítán quagmire; mire
- 泥土 nítǔ soil; earth
- 秀丽 xiùlì beautiful and graceful
- 旋涡 xuánwō vortex; whirlpool
- 汪洋 wāngyáng vast expanse; boundless; ocean-like
- 汹涌 xiōngyǒng turbulent; surging; to surge
- 自然界 zìránjiè the natural world; nature
- 泻 xiè to pour down; diarrhoea
- 涌 yǒng to surge; to gush; to pour in