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

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nài-sâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: nai^ˇ sa^ˊ
  - 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/

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/niei/	/ʂa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ní	shā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nai⁴	saa¹

Noun

泥沙

silt

Synonyms

淤泥 (yūní)

Derived terms

泥沙俱下
玩泥沙