泥 (nai4) — mashed vegetable or fruit; paste in Cantonese
naiˎ₄泥
Mandarin Pinyin: ni2
Meaning of 泥
nounmashed vegetable or fruit; paste
nounmud; soil; mire; clay; plaster
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Example Sentences with 泥
畀架車瀄到成身泥
We're splashed with mud from head to toe by the passing car.
放膽一腳𨂾過坺泥湴
Don't worry, just jump over the puddle of mud.
ngoˏ₅我zungˉ¹鍾ji˗₃意sikˍ₆食zouˊ²棗neiˎ₄泥haam6.餡。
I like eating date paste filling.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有zouˊ²棗neiˎ₄泥tongˉ¹湯jyun4.圓。
There are date paste sweet dumplings here.
niˉ¹呢go˗₃個zouˊ²棗neiˎ₄泥gouˉ¹糕houˊ²好houˊ²好sik6.食。
This date paste cake is delicious.
Words Containing 泥
泥俑nai4 jung2
clay / earthen tomb figure / figurine (buried with the dead in China ancient times)
泥公仔nai4 gung1 zai2
a clay figurine
泥炭nai4 taan3
peat
水泥seoi2 nai4
cement | [also] 洋灰, 紅毛泥, 英泥
老泥lou5 nai4
dirt (from filthy perspiration of the skin)
英泥jing1 nai4
cement
手工泥sau2 gung1 nai4
modeling clay, modelling clay
泥斑nai4 baan1
tawny grouper
泥鯭nai4 maang1
a rabbit fish
泥蝦nai4 haa1
sand prawn (Metapenaeus ensis)
水泥攪拌車seoi2 nai4 gaau2 bun6 ce1
a cement truck; a cement mixing truck
剷泥車caan2 nai4 ce1
a bulldozer [Var.] 鏟泥車 [Syn.] 推土機
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