泥沼

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nízhǎo

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nízhǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄓㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nijao
  - Tongyong Pinyin: níjhǎo
  - IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-chiau
  - Tâi-lô: nî-tsiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niciaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/

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 (どろ) (doro, “mud”) + 沼 (ぬま) (numa, “swamp”)

Noun

泥沼 (hiragana どろぬま, rōmaji doronuma)

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

Derived terms

泥沼化 (doronumaka, “bog down”)

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