| 泥 | 1007B25 63A.70-5 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄋㄧˊ [ni2] (*ㄋㄧˋ [ni4] ). | ||
| N. | (1) Mud, mire: 泥土 [ni2tu3]↓, 泥沙 [ni2sha1]↓; 泥點 (子) (兒) muddy stains, dirty or soiled spots; 爛泥 soft mud, quagmire; 淤泥 filthy mud; 泥巴 [ni2ba1]↓; 泥濘 [ni2ning4]↓; 一身是泥 get muddy all over; 泥水 [ni2shui3]↓; 爛醉如泥 dead drunk; 和稀泥 do lousy work; 泥牛入海 like clay buffalo drowned at sea--disappear; 泥塑木雕 “an idol,” a simpleton who does not move a finger to work. (2) Any paste-like matter: 棗泥，蒜泥 (Chin. cuisine) mashed dates, garlic; 印泥 a stamp pad specially for use with seals; 肉泥 minced meat. | |||||
| Adj. | Muddy, soiled. | |||||
| V.i. | (1) (*[ni4]) be narrow-minded, limited in outlook: 拘泥 be bigoted, be a stickler for (forms, tradition); 泥古 [ni2gu3]↓. (2) Linger, loiter: 她仍泥著不走 she still lingered around and wouldn't go. | |||||
| V.t. | Coax, cajole, wheedle: 泥他沽酒 coax him to buy some wine. | |||||
| Words | 1. 泥巴 [ni2ba1], n., mud, earth. 2. 泥青 [ni2qing0], n., deep green. 3. 泥鰍 [ni2qiu1], n., (zoo.) the loach. 4. 泥刀 [ni2dao1], n., a trowel for plaster. 5. 泥封 [ni2feng1], v.t., to seal (a letter, etc.) with wax. 6. 泥溝 [ni2gou1], n., a gutter or drain. 7. 泥古 *[ni4gu3], v.i., be ultra-con-servative, be a slave to anc. authorities, customs,or traditions. 8. 泥火山 [ni2huo3shan1], n., a volcano of steaming lava. 9. 泥腳 [ni2jiao3], n., (1) feet soiled with mud; (2) feet of clay. 10. 泥金 [ni2jin1], n., gold dust used as surfacing material. 11. 泥酒 *[ni4jiu3], v.i., be addicted to liquor. 12. 泥滯 *[ni4zhi4], v.i., be bogged down, bigoted, old-fashioned. 13. 泥潦 [ni2lao4], n, a marsh, swamp, morass, bog. 14. 泥濘 [ni2ning4], n., deep mud, mire; adj., muddy. 15. 泥泥 pr. [ni2ni3], adj., 零露泥泥 (AC) with shining dew; 維葉泥泥 the shining, glistening leaves. 16. 泥坯 [ni2pi1], n., moulded pottery not yet put in a kiln to bake. 17. 泥人（兒） [ni2ren2] ([ni2re2er0]), n., earthen figurines--a kind of toy. 18. 泥沙 [ni2sha1], n., (1) sediments, silt; (2) worthless things; (3) mud and sand. 19. 泥像 [ni2xiang4], n., (1) a Buddhist image; (2) any earthen image. 20. 泥首 [ni2shou3], v.i., to kowtow by touching the ground with the forehead. 21. 泥水 [ni2shui3], n., (1) a mixture of earth and water; (2) sweat drips; (3) 泥水匠 bricklayer. 22. 泥炭 [ni2tan4], n, (min.) peat. 23. 泥胎（兒） [ni2tai1]([er0]), n., (1) an earthen idol; (2) pottery not yet put in a kiln to bake, see [ni2pi1]↑. 24. 泥塘 [ni2tang2], n., a mud pond. 25. 泥腿 [ni2tui3], n., (1) legs soiled with mud; (2) the rabble, riffraff: 泥腿光桿. 26. 泥塗 [ni2tu2], n., (1) muddy path; (2) (fig.) low social status or position; (3) v.t., (AC) to look down upon (honors, etc.) as dirt. 27. 泥土 [ni2tu3], n, mud and soil. 28. 泥澤 [ni2ze2], n., muddy pond, swamp; (fig.) where one flounders. 29. 泥醉 [ni2zui4], v.i. & adj., (be) dead drunk, “plastered.” 30. 泥娃娃 [ni2wa2wa0], n., (1) clay doll; (2) clay doll offering in temple of goddess of fertility. 31. 泥丸 [ni2wan2], n., (Taoist) the upper pubic region. 32. 泥飲 *[ni4yin3], v.i., be insistent on inviting others to drink. | |||||