泥沙

Chinese

		restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
trad. (泥沙)		泥	沙
simp. #(泥沙)		泥	沙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nai⁴ saa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nài-sâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-soa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nísha
    • Wade–Giles: ni²-sha¹
    • Yale: ní-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nisha
    • Palladius: ниша (niša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nai⁴ saa¹
    • Yale: nàih sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nai⁴ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nei⁴ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐi̯²¹ saː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nài-sâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: naiˇ sa´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nai² sa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /nai̯¹¹ sa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-soa
    • Tâi-lô: nî-sua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nisoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² sua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² sua³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nej srae

Rime
Character	泥	沙
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	II
Fanqie	奴低切	所加切
Baxter	nej	srae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nei/	/ʃˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/nei/	/ʃᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛi/	/ʃa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛj/	/ʂaɨ/
Li Rong	/nei/	/ʃa/
Wang Li	/niei/	/ʃa/
Bernard Karlgren	/niei/	/ʂa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ní	shā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nai4	saa1

Noun

泥沙

1. silt

Synonyms

• 淤泥 (yūní)

Derived terms

• 泥沙俱下
• 玩泥沙