泥沼

泥沼

Chinese

		restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp	pond; pool
simp. and trad. (泥沼)		泥	沼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nízhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄓㄠˇ

• Min Nan (POJ): nî-chiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nízhǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄓㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nijao
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níjhǎo
    • IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-chiau
    • Tâi-lô: nî-tsiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niciaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/

Noun

泥沼

1. bog
2. the situation in which one is stuck (as if in a bog)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
泥	沼
どろ Grade: S	ぬま Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 泥 (どろ) (doro, “mud”) + 沼 (ぬま) (numa, “swamp”)

Noun

泥沼 (hiragana どろぬま, rōmaji doronuma)

1. muddy swamp; bog
2. the situation in which one is stuck (as if in a bog)

Derived terms

• 泥沼化 (doronumaka, “bog down”)