# 泥巴
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): níba, níbā
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ˙ㄅㄚ, ㄋㄧˊ ㄅㄚ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyi$^2$ ba$^1$
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): líba
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nai$^4$ baa$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-pa
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyi$^2$ ba$^1$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): ni$^2$ ba
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: níba
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ˙ㄅㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: níbå
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^2$-pa$^5$
*** Yale: ní-ba
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni.ba
*** Palladius: ниба (niba)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni³⁵ b̥ä³/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: níbā
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄅㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: níba
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^2$-pa$^1$
*** Yale: ní-bā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niba
*** Palladius: ниба (niba)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni³⁵ pä⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi$^2$ ba$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: niba
*** Sinological IPA : /nʲi²¹ pa⁵⁵/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: líba [Phonetic: lǐba]
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): li$^2$ ba$^0$ [Phonetic: li$^3$ ba$^0$]
*** Sinological IPA : /li²⁴⁻¹¹ pa/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nai$^4$ baa$^1$
*** Yale: nàih bā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nai$^4$ baa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nei$^4$ ba$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɐi̯²¹ paː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-pa
*** Tâi-lô: nî-pa
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ni'paf
*** IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² pa³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: nyi$^2$ ba$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲi¹³ pa̠³³/
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: ni$^2$ ba
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲi¹¹ pä³/

### Noun

泥巴
* (regional, colloquial) mud; mire
       Wǒ de xiézi zhān dào níbā le. [Pinyin]
       My shoes are stained with mud.

#### 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 |

#### Derived terms

* 泥巴坨
* 洋泥巴