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泥沼

泥沼

Chinese

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

Noun

泥沼

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

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Noun

泥沼 ‎(hiragana どろぬま, romaji doronuma)

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

Derived terms

泥沼化 ‎(doronumaka, “bog down”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): nízhǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄓㄠˇ
Min Nan (POJ): nî-chiau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: nízhǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄓㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nijao
  - IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-chiau
  - Tâi-lô: nî-tsiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niciaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ni²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ni²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ni¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ni²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ni²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/