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泥
nì
1. restrained
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

泥
ní
mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
HSK 6 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

软泥
ruǎnní
soft mud
泥煤
níméi
peat
灰泥
huīní
plaster
印泥
yìnní
red ink paste used for seal
芋泥
Yùní
yam paste (a snack in Chaozhou cuisine)
拘泥
jūnì
to be a stickler for formalities
封泥
fēngní
sealing clay
淤泥
yūní
silt
泥质
nízhì
muddy
泥鳅
níqiu
loach
泥铲
níchǎn
trowel
泥醉
nízuì
blind drunk
泥金
níjīn
to gild
枣泥
zǎoní
jujube paste
水泥
shuǐní
cement
HSK 6
污泥
wūní
mud
泥刀
nídāo
trowel
泥古
nìgǔ
stick-in-the-mud
胶泥
jiāoní
clay
泥土
nítǔ
earth

Alternate Entries

泥
ní
mud / clay / paste / pulp

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,498
Word Frequency Rank
2,304 of 84,292