泥

mud; clay; paste; pulp

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #825 U+6CE5

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 (semantic, “water”) + 尼 (phonetic, ní)

components: 氵尼

mud · Heisig RSH #885

水 water + 尼 nun

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 尼

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 尼 (ní) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
尼 sound component	ní	Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
呢	ne	wool; interrogative or emphatic final particle
妮	nī	maid, servant girl; cute girl
昵	nì	close, intimate; to approach
怩	ní	timid, shy; bashful, ashamed
旎	nǐ	romantic; the fluttering of a flag
伲	nì	we (Shanghai dialect)
坭	ní	mud, mire; to paste, to plaster
铌	ní	niobium

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
泥古不化	nì gǔ bù huà	conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
水泥地	shuǐ ní dì	concrete-paved surface; concrete floor
白水泥	bái shuǐ ní	white cement
泥牛入海	ní niú rù hǎi	lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
泥石流	ní shí liú	landslide; torrent of mud and stones; mudslide
草泥马	cǎo ní mǎ	see 肏你媽\|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1] (near homophone of 肏你媽\|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1] used to avoid Internet …
骨水泥	gǔ shuǐ ní	bone cement; orthopedic cement
云泥之别	yún ní zhī bié	(idiom) a world of difference
泥子	nì zi	putty (used by plumbers and glaziers)
泥人	ní rén	clay figurine
水泥	shuǐ ní	cement; CL:袋[dai4]
泥水	ní shuǐ	muddy water; mud; masonry (craft)
泥金	ní jīn	to gild; gilt
云泥之差	yún ní zhī chà	see 雲泥之別\|云泥之别[yun2 ni2 zhi1 bie2]
绿泥石	lǜ ní shí	chlorite (geology)
泥工	ní gōng	mason; masonry work
泥巴	ní ba	(coll.) mud
泥菩萨过江，自身难保	ní pú sà guò jiāng , zì shēn nán bǎo	like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety; unable to save on…
软泥儿	ruǎn ní r	erhua variant of 軟泥\|软泥[ruan3 ni2]
土豆泥	tǔ dòu ní	mashed potato