泥
潭

Quagmire in Chinese: 泥潭 (ní tán)

ní tán

quagmire

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1quagmire

Stroke order

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泥
潭

Zhuyin

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ㄋㄧˊ

ní

ㄋ/ nㄧ/ iˊ/ second tone

ㄊㄢˊ

tán

ㄊ/ tㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

See 泥潭 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 车轮陷进了路边的泥潭里。

    chē lún xiàn jìn le lù biān de ní tán lǐ。

    The wheel got stuck in the mire by the roadside.

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Related words

泥

ní

mud

水泥

shuǐ ní

cement

泥土

ní tǔ

earth

拟

nǐ

doubtful

拟定

nǐ dìng

to draw up

逆

nì

contrary

匿名

nì míng

anonymous

年画

nián huà

New Year (Spring Festival) picture

年迈

nián mài

old

年限

nián xiàn

age limit

年薪

nián xīn

annual salary

年夜饭

nián yè fàn

New Year's Eve family dinner

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