# 泥

| 泥 | U+6CE5, &#27877; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CE5 |
| ← 泤 [U+6CE4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 泦 → [U+6CE6] |
| 泥 | U+F9E3, &#63971; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9E3 |
| ← 梨 [U+F9E2] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 理 → [U+F9E4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

泥 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水尸心 (ESP), four-corner 3711$_1$, composition ⿰氵尼)

#### Derived characters

* 𪣮, 𩸦(𩾆), 𬈤, 𤀛, 𬉚, 𦰫, 埿, 𢛜, 𥺜, 𩸧

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 617, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17311
* Dae Jaweon: page 1012, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1595, character 8
* Unihan data for U+6CE5
* Unihan data for U+F9E3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 泥
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 泥 | *niːl, *niːls |
| 屔 | *niːl |
| 苨 | *niːlʔ |
| 坭 | *niːlʔ |
| 迡 | *niːls |
| 埿 | *braːms, *niːl, *niːls |
| 旎 | *nilʔ |
| 狔 | *nilʔ |
| 抳 | *nilʔ |
| 尼 | *nil |
| 呢 | *nil |
| 怩 | *nil |
| 柅 | *nil, *nilʔ |
| 蚭 | *nil |
| 跜 | *nil |
| 秜 | *nil |
| 痆 | *rniːd |
| 昵 | *niɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *niːl, *niːls) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 尼 (OC *nil).

### Etymology 1

Schuessler (2007) suggests it is of Sino-Tibetan origin and compares it to Lai [script needed] (nôoy-I, nǒoy-II, “be muddy”), which STEDT derives from Proto-Kuki-Chin *nooy ~ *naay (“muddy; dirty”). According to Schuessler (2007), 泥 (OC *niːl, “mud”) is also cognate with 濘 (OC *neːŋs) but not with 涅 (OC *niːɡ), and is distinct from 泥 (OC *niːls, “impeded”).
On the other hand, STEDT compares 泥 (OC *niːl, *niːls) to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-njak (“filth(y); excrement”), to which 敜 (OC *nɯːb) and 涅 (OC *niːɡ) are also compared.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): ní (ni$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyi$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nai$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): nai$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): nài / nì
    (Hailu, HRS): nai / ni
    (Meixian, Guangdong): nai$^2$ / ni$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): nà̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): nî / lî / lê / nê
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ni$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gni
* Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): ni$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ní
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ní
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^2$
*** Yale: ní
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
*** Sinological IPA : /nʲi²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nai$^4$
*** Yale: nàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɐi̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: nai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ⁿdai²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nài / nì
*** Hakka Romanization System: nai$^ˇ$ / ni$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: nai$^2$ / ni$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /nai̯¹¹/, /ni¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: nai / ni
*** Sinological IPA: /nai⁵⁵/, /ni⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: nai$^2$ / ni$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /naɪ¹¹/, /ni¹¹/
* nài/nai/nai2 - colloquial;
* nì/ni/ni2 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit泥 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ni³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ni²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ni⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ȵi⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ni⁴²/ /mi⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ni⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ni²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /mji²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /mi⁵³/ /ni⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ȵi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ȵi⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ni²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ȵi³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ni²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ni³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /li²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /mz̩⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ni¹¹/ ～皮 /ni⁴⁵/ ～匠 |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ȵi¹³/ ～牆牆 /ȵi³⁵/ ～匠 |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ni³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵi²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ȵi¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ȵi²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ȵi³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ni⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ȵie⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ȵi¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ȵi¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ȵi⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /nai¹¹/ /ni¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /nɑi¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /nɐi²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /nɐi²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /nɐi²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ne³⁵/ /ni³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /nɛ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ni²¹/ /nai³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /nĩ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ni³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: nej
Rime :
| Character | 泥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 奴低切 |
| Baxter | nej |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /nei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /nei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /nɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /nɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /nei/ |
| Wang Li | /niei/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /niei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ní |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | nai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.nˤ[əj]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*niːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 泥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | ní |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nej › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.nˁ[əj]/ |
| English | mud |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 泥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 9417 |
| Phonetic component | 尼 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 泥 |
| Old Chinese | /*niːl/ |

#### Definitions

泥
* mud (Classifier: 嚿 c; 坺 c)
    滿腳是泥／满脚是泥 ― mǎn jiǎo shì ní ― mud all over one's feet
    軟泥／软泥 ― ruǎnní ― soft mud
    泥娃娃 ― níwáwá ― clay doll
* (dialectal) soil; earth
    一嚿泥 [Cantonese] ― jat$^1$ gau$^6$ nai$^4$ [Jyutping] ― a clod of earth
* any mush-like substance
    薯泥 ― shǔní ― mashed potato
    泥膠／泥胶 ― níjiāo ― Blu-Tack
    鷹嘴豆泥／鹰嘴豆泥 ― yīngzuǐdòuní ― hummus
* (obsolete) paint (used on walls)
* An ancient river in modern Hunan
* An ancient river in modern Gansu
* (obsolete) weak
* (Chinese mythology) a kind of animal that lived in sea
* a surname
* (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 泥 (MC nej)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 塗, 泥 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 泥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 泥, 泥巴, 泥巴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 泥巴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 泥, 泥巴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 泥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 泥, 泥巴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 泥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 泥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 泥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 泥, 泥巴 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 泥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 泥巴, 泥 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 泥 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 泥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 泥巴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 泥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 泥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 泥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 泥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 泥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 泥, 泥巴 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 泥巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 泥巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 泥巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 泥巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 泥巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 泥, 泥巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 泥巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 泥, 泥巴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 泥, 泥巴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 泥, 泥巴, 爛泥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 泥, 爛泥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 泥巴 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 泥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 泥 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 泥 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 泥 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 泥巴 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 泥 |
| Gan | Jianning | 泥 |
| Gan | Taining | 泥 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 泥 |
| Hakka | Pinghe (Jiufeng) | 泥 |
| Hakka | Changting | 泥 |
| Hakka | Shanghang | 泥 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 泥 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 泥 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 泥 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 泥 |
| Hakka | Qingliu | 泥 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 泥 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 泥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 泥 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 泥沙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 泥 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 泥 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 泥, 糊泥 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 泥 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 泥 |
| Jin | Linhe | 泥 |
| Jin | Jining | 泥 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 泥 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 泥 |
| Jin | Handan | 泥 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 泥 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 泥 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 泥 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 泥 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 泥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 塗 GT |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 塗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 塗 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 塗 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 泥 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 泥 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 泥 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 泥 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 泥 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 泥 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 泥 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 泥 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 泥 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 爛泥, 爛糊泥 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 爛泥, 爛污泥 |
| Wu | Danyang | 泥, 爛泥 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 泥巴, 爛污泥, 爛泥 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 爛污泥, 淖泥, 爛泥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 爛污泥, 爛污泥兒, 爛泥, 泥 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 泥, 糊泥 |
| Wu | Pucheng | 泥 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 泥巴 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 泥巴 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 泥巴 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 泥巴 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 土 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 土 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 土 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 土 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 土, 土拉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 泥巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 泥巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 泥巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 土 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 泥, 泥巴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 泥, 爛泥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 土 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 泥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 泥 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 泥 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 泥 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 泥 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 土 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 土 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 土, 泥 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 泥 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 土, 泥 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 泥巴, 土 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 泥 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 泥 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 泥 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 泥 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 泥 |
| Hakka | Changting | 泥 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 泥 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 泥 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 泥 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 泥, 那泥 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 泥 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 泥 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 糊泥 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 土 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 土 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 泥 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 泥 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 泥 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 泥 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 泥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 塗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 塗 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 塗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 塗 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 塗 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 泥 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 泥 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 泥 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 泥 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 爛泥, 爛糊泥 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 爛泥 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 爛泥, 硬爛泥 |
| Wu | Danyang | 爛泥 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 爛污泥 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 淖泥, 爛泥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 爛污泥, 爛污泥兒, 爛泥, 泥 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 糊泥, 泥 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 泥巴 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 土 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 土 |

#### Compounds

* 一丸泥
* 丸泥
* 判若雲泥 / 判若云泥
* 削鐵如泥 / 削铁如泥
* 印泥 (yìnní)
* 叉灰泥
* 和稀泥 (huò xīní)
* 困處泥塗 / 困处泥涂
* 土泥
* 垢泥
* 壁上泥皮
* 如泥
* 封泥
* 帶水拖泥 / 带水拖泥
* 拖泥帶水 / 拖泥带水 (tuōnídàishuǐ)
* 抹稀泥
* 排泥閥 / 排泥阀
* 敷彩泥塑
* 曳尾泥塗 / 曳尾泥涂
* 木雕泥塑
* 末泥
* 棗泥 / 枣泥
* 水泥 (shuǐní)
* 水泥叢林 / 水泥丛林 (shuǐní cónglín)
* 水泥漆
* 水泥熟料
* 水泥船
* 汙泥 / 污泥 (wūní)
* 泥中
* 泥中刺
* 泥中隱刺 / 泥中隐刺
* 泥丸 (níwán)
* 泥人 (nírén)
* 泥人張 / 泥人张
* 泥土 (nítǔ)
* 泥地
* 泥坑 (níkēng)
* 泥坯
* 泥垢 (nígòu)
* 泥垣宮 / 泥垣宫
* 泥堆
* 泥塑
* 泥塗 / 泥涂
* 泥塘 (nítáng)
* 泥塑木雕
* 泥塞竹管
* 泥多佛大
* 泥娃娃 (níwáwa)
* 泥孩兒 / 泥孩儿
* 泥封
* 泥封函谷
* 泥崩
* 泥工 (nígōng)
* 泥巴
* 泥掌
* 泥板岩 (níbǎnyán)
* 泥水 (níshuǐ)
* 泥水匠 (níshuǐjiàng)
* 泥水工 (níshuǐgōng)
* 泥水自蔽
* 泥汙 / 泥污
* 泥沙 (níshā)
* 泥沙俱下
* 油泥 (yóuní)
* 泥沼 (nízhǎo)
* 沼泥
* 泡沫水泥
* 泥流 (níliú)
* 泥活字
* 泥淖 (nínào)
* 泥滓
* 泥漿 / 泥浆 (níjiāng)
* 泥潦
* 泥濘 / 泥泞 (nínìng)
* 泥火山 (níhuǒshān)
* 泥灰
* 泥灶
* 泥炭 (nítàn)
* 泥煤 (níméi)
* 泥牆 / 泥墙
* 泥版
* 泥牛
* 泥牛入海 (níniú-rùhǎi)
* 泥犁
* 泥瓦匠 (níwǎjiàng)
* 泥療 / 泥疗
* 泥盆紀 / 泥盆纪 (Nípén Jì)
* 泥石流 (níshíliú)
* 泥磚 / 泥砖
* 泥窗
* 泥肥
* 泥胎
* 泥胎兒 / 泥胎儿
* 泥腳 / 泥脚
* 泥腿
* 泥腿光棍
* 泥船渡河
* 泥蟠
* 泥豬 / 泥猪
* 泥豬瓦狗 / 泥猪瓦狗
* 泥足巨人
* 泥醉
* 泥金
* 泥金帖子
* 泥金箋 / 泥金笺
* 泥鞋窄襪 / 泥鞋窄袜
* 泥頭 / 泥头
* 泥頭酒 / 泥头酒
* 泥飯碗 / 泥饭碗
* 泥首
* 泥馬 / 泥马
* 泥鰍 / 泥鳅 (níqiū)
* 泥鰻 / 泥鳗
* 泥點兒 / 泥点儿
* 泥龍 / 泥龙
* 洗泥
* 淈泥
* 淤泥 (yūní)
* 澄泥硯 / 澄泥砚
* 火泥
* 爐石水泥 / 炉石水泥
* 爛泥 / 烂泥 (lànní)
* 爛醉如泥 / 烂醉如泥
* 牆上泥皮 / 墙上泥皮
* 砍鐵如泥 / 砍铁如泥
* 稀泥 (xīní)
* 紫泥
* 紫泥封
* 綠泥石 / 绿泥石
* 罡神泥鬼
* 膠泥 / 胶泥
* 臭泥
* 芋泥 (yùní)
* 蒜泥 (suànní)
* 醉如泥
* 金泥
* 鋼骨水泥 / 钢骨水泥
* 障泥
* 雪泥鴻爪 / 雪泥鸿爪
* 雲泥 / 云泥 (yúnní)
* 雲泥之別 / 云泥之别 (yúnnízhībié)
* 雲泥異路 / 云泥异路
* 霑泥絮 / 沾泥絮
* 青泥
* 黃泥塘 / 黄泥塘 (Huángnítáng)

### Etymology 2

Schuessler (2007) suggests it is the exopassive derivation of 敜 (OC *nɯːb, “to stop up”) or 涅 (OC *niːɡ, “to stop up”) and is distinct from 泥 (OC *niːl, “mud”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nì (ni$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nai$^6$ / nei$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nì
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nì
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^4$
*** Yale: nì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nih
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nai$^6$ / nei$^6$
*** Yale: naih / neih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nai$^6$ / nei$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nei$^6$ / néi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɐi̯²²/, /nei̯²²/
* Middle Chinese: nejH
Rime :
| Character | 泥 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 奴計切 |
| Baxter | nejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /nei$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /nei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /nɛi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /nɛj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /nei$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /niei$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /niei$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | nì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | nai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤər(ʔ)-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*niːls/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 泥 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | ní |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nej$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*nˁər(ʔ)-s/ |
| English | impeded, obstructed (Lunyu) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 泥 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 9421 |
| Phonetic component | 尼 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 泥 |
| Old Chinese | /*niːls/ |

#### Definitions

泥
* to hold up; to bog down
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Suī xiǎodào, bì yǒu kěguān zhě yān, zhì yuǎn kǒng nì, shìyǐ jūnzǐ bù wéi yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* to plaster; to cover with plaster
* stubborn; obstinate
    拘泥 ― jūní ― to rigidly adhere to
* to pester using soft words
* to be obsessed with and be reluctant to let go of

#### Compounds

* 拘泥 (jūnì)
* 泥古 (nìgǔ)
* 泥古不化
* 泥古非今
* 泥子 (nìzi)
* 泥滯 / 泥滞
* 泥酒
* 泥飲 / 泥饮
* 滯泥 / 滞泥
* 滯滯泥泥 / 滞滞泥泥

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nǐ (ni$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nai$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^3$
*** Yale: nǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nai$^5$
*** Yale: náih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɐi̯¹³/

#### Definitions

泥
* Only used in 泥泥.

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nìng (ning$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nìng
*** Wade–Giles: ning$^4$
*** Yale: nìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninq
*** Palladius: нин (nin)
*** Sinological IPA : /niŋ⁵¹/

#### Definitions

泥
* Only used in 泥母.

### Etymology 5

* For pronunciation and definitions of 泥 – see 涅 (“black mud; melanterite; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 涅).

### Etymology 6

* For pronunciation and definitions of 泥 – see 屔. (This character is a variant form of 屔).

### References

* “泥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02161
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00771-003-1
* (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) →ISBN.
* (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ない (nai)
* Kan-on: でい (dei, Jōyō)
* Kun: どろ (doro, 泥, Jōyō)、なずむ (nazumu, 泥む)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 泥
* どろ Grade: S
* kun'yomi

#### Noun

泥(どろ) • (doro)
* mud

##### Derived terms

* 泥沼(どろぬま) (doronuma): bog
* 泥(どろ)仕(じ)合(あい) (dorojiai): mudslinging

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 泥 (MC nej|nejH). Recorded as Middle Korean 니 (ni) (Yale: ni) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 泥 (eumhun 진흙 니 (jinheuk ni), word-initial (South Korea) 진흙 이 (jinheuk i))
* hanja form of 니/이 (“mud; dirt”)

#### Compounds

* 운니 (雲泥, unni)
* 이녕 (泥濘, inyeong)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

泥: Hán Nôm readings: nề, nê, nệ, nè, nể, nễ, nơi
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation
* Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)