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泥 - ní

mud, mire; earth, clay; plaster

mud, mire; earth, clay; plaster

How to read 泥

Click 泥 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyin
Englishmud, mire; earth, clay; plaster
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

泥人 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 泥刀. Please read 泥古 one more time.

Common words with this character

clay figurine
trowel
stick-in-the-mud; to stick to old ways; stubbornly conservative
earth; soil; mud; clay

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 泥 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 泥人 and 泥刀 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 泥.