泥人

Chinese

		restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp	man; person; people
trad. (泥人)		泥	人
simp. #(泥人)		泥	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nírén

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nai⁴ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-lîn / nî-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nírén
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nírén
    • Wade–Giles: ni²-jên²
    • Yale: ní-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niren
    • Palladius: нижэнь (nižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nai⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: nàih yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nai⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nei⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐi̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: nî-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niliin
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: nî-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nijiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² d͡zin¹³/

Noun

泥人

1. clay figurine
   1. (specifically) pottery figurine; terracotta figure (used in ancient funerary art)

Synonyms

• (pottery figurine): 陶俑 (táoyǒng)