泥溝

泥溝

Chinese

		restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp	ditch; gutter
trad. (泥溝)		泥	溝
simp. (泥沟)		泥	沟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nígōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄍㄡ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nài-kiêu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nígōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄍㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nigou
    • IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ koʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nài-kiêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: naiˇ gieu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nai² gieu¹
    • IPA: /nai̯¹¹ ki̯eu̯²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /nei  kəu/▼

Rime
Character	泥	溝
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	奴低切	古侯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nei/	/kəu/
Pan Wuyun	/nei/	/kəu/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛi/	/kəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛj/	/kəw/
Li Rong	/nei/	/ku/
Wang Li	/niei/	/kəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/niei/	/kə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ní	gōu

Noun

泥溝

1. gutter; drain (filled with dirt, usually used figuratively)

   • 總而言之，一切從前為紳士們看不起的人，一切被紳士們打在泥溝裡，在社會上沒有了立足地位，沒有了發言權的人，現在居然伸起頭來了。 [MSC, trad.]
     总而言之，一切从前为绅士们看不起的人，一切被绅士们打在泥沟里，在社会上没有了立足地位，没有了发言权的人，现在居然伸起头来了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 毛澤東選集 (1991). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zǒng ér yán zhī, yīqiè cóngqián wéi shēnshìmen kàn bù qǐ de rén, yīqiè bèi shēnshìmen dǎ zài nígōu lǐ, zài shèhuì shàng méiyǒu le lìzú dìwèi, méiyǒu le fāyánquán de rén, xiànzài jūrán shēn qǐ tóu lái le. [Pinyin]

     In short, all those whom the gentry had despised, those whom they had trodden into the dirt, people with no place in society, people with no right to speak, have now audaciously lifted up their heads.