泞

濘

nìng

宁 + 氵

Definitions

nìng muddy

Etymology

Still 宁 water 氵; 宁 also provides the pronunciation

About

泞 is a phono-semantic compound with the water radical 氵 indicating its meaning related to wetness. The phonetic component is 宁 (Traditional: 寧 in 濘). Its primary meaning refers to mud or waterlogged ground, often describing difficult, slushy conditions. The character's semantic focus remains on muddy water and wet environments, without developing abstract secondary meanings in its historical use.

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

这条路很泥泞。

Zhè tiáo lù hěn nínìng.

This road is very muddy.

雨后的道路很泥泞。

Yǔ hòu de dàolù hěn nínìng.

The road after rain is very muddy.

我们走在泥泞的小路上。

Wǒmen zǒu zài nínìng de xiǎo lù shàng.

We are walking on the muddy path.

泥泞的土地让行走困难。

Nínìng de tǔdì ràng xíngzǒu kùnnán.

The muddy land makes walking difficult.

车子陷入了泥泞的沼泽中。

Chēzi xiànrù le nínìng de zhǎozé zhōng.

The car got stuck in the muddy swamp.

尽管道路泥泞，我们还是继续前进。

Jǐnguǎn dàolù nínìng, wǒmen háishì jìxù qiánjìn.

Although the road is muddy, we still continue to advance.

因为昨晚下雨，所以今天的山路特别泥泞。

Yīnwèi zuó wǎn xià yǔ, suǒyǐ jīntiān de shān lù tèbié nínìng.

Because it rained last night, today's mountain road is especially muddy.

这场暴雨使得整个村庄的道路都变得泥泞不堪。

Zhè chǎng bàoyǔ shǐde zhěnggè cūnzhuāng de dàolù dōu biàn dé nínìng bùkān.

This heavy rain has made all the roads in the entire village extremely muddy.

Related Characters

Component: 宁

Component: 氵

泞