| 泥涂轩冕 | [ ní tú xuān miǎn ] to despise titles and high offices |
| 泥敷剂 | [ ní fū jì ] poultice |
| 泥浆 | [ ní jiāng ] slurry, mud |
| 泥泞 | [ ní nìng ] muddy, mud |
| 泥炭藓 | [ ní tàn xiǎn ] matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre) |
| 泥盆纪 | [ ní pén jì ] Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago) |
| 泥菩萨 | [ ní pú sà ] clay Bodhisattva |
| 泥菩萨过江，自身难保 | [ ní pú sà guò jiāng zì shēn nán baǒ ] like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety, unable to save oneself, let alone others |
| 泥质 | [ ní zhì ] muddy |
| 泥质岩 | [ ní zhì yán ] mudstone (geology) |
| 泥质页岩 | [ ní zhì yè yán ] mudstone |
| 泥铲 | [ ní chǎn ] trowel |
| 泥鳅 | [ ní qiu ] loach, mud fish, CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| ⇒ 判若云泥 | [ pàn ruò yún ní ] as different as heaven and earth (idiom), worlds apart |
| ⇒ 南泥湾 | [ nán ní wān ] Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi, "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces |
| ⇒ 山泥倾泻 | [ shān ní qīng xiè ] a landslide |
| ⇒ 往泥里踩 | [ wǎng nì lǐ caǐ ] to belittle, to attack sb |
| ⇒ 拔出萝卜带出泥 | [ bá chū luó bo daì chū ní ] lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom), fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes, to cause further problems while working on a problem |
| ⇒ 拖泥带水 | [ tuō ní daì shuǐ ] lit. wading in mud and water, a slovenly job, sloppy |
| ⇒ 挡泥板 | [ dǎng ní bǎn ] mudguard |
| ⇒ 枣泥 | [ zaǒ ní ] jujube paste |
| ⇒ 燕子衔泥垒大窝 | [ yàn zi xián ní leǐ dà wō ] the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom), many a little makes a mickle |
| ⇒ 烂泥 | [ làn ní ] mud, mire |
| ⇒ 烂泥扶不上墙 | [ làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng ] useless (idiom), worthless, inept |
| ⇒ 烂泥糊不上墙 | [ làn ní hú bù shàng qiáng ] see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2] |
| ⇒ 烂醉如泥 | [ làn zuì rú ní ] lit. as drunk as mud, completely drunk |
| ⇒ 硅酸盐水泥 | [ guī suān yán shuǐ ní ] Portland cement |
| ⇒ 绿泥石 | [ lǜ ní shí ] chlorite (geology) |
| ⇒ 脱泥 | [ tuō ní ] to remove mud, desliming (in coal production) |
| ⇒ 胶泥 | [ ní ] clay |
| ⇒ 草泥马 | [ caǒ ní mǎ ] grass mud horse, used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1], to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet |
| ⇒ 萝卜快了不洗泥 | [ luó bo le bù xǐ ní ] when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom), fig. when business is booming, merchants tend to offer goods of inferior quality |
| ⇒ 软泥 | [ ruǎn ní ] soft mud, silt, sludge, ooze (geology) |
| ⇒ 软泥儿 | [ ruǎn ní ] erhua variant of 軟泥|软泥[ruan3 ni2] |
| ⇒ 钢筋水泥 | [ gāng jīn shuǐ ní ] reinforced concrete |
| ⇒ 钢骨水泥 | [ gāng gǔ shuǐ ní ] reinforced concrete |
| ⇒ 雪泥鸿爪 | [ xuě ní hóng zhaǒ ] a goose's footprint in the snow, vestiges of the past (idiom), the fleeting nature of human life (idiom) |
| ⇒ 马铃薯泥 | [ mǎ líng shǔ ní ] mashed potato |
| ⇒ 鹰嘴豆泥 | [ yīng zuǐ doù ní ] hummus |
