泥 ⇒
泥 ní/nì, mud/clay/paste/pulp, restrained
水泥 shuǐní, cement/CL:袋[dài]
泥土 nítǔ, earth/soil/mud/clay
泥巴 níbā, mud
土豆泥 tǔdòuní, mashed potato
泥浆 níjiāng, [泥漿], slurry/mud
泥潭 nítán, quagmire
烂泥 lànní, [爛泥], mud/mire
淤泥 yūní, silt/sludge/ooze
拘泥 jūnì, to be a stickler for formalities/to rigidly adhere to/to cling to/constrained/il...
泥沼 nízhǎo, swamp
泥泞 nínìng, [泥濘], muddy/mud
挡泥板 dǎngníbǎn, [擋泥板], mudguard
泥炭 nítàn, peat
泥石流 níshíliú, landslide/torrent of mud and stones/mudslide
拖泥带水 tuōnídàishuǐ, [拖泥帶水], lit. wading in mud and water/a slovenly job/sloppy
泥鳅 níqiu, [泥鰍], loach/mud fish/CL:條|条[tiáo]
泥沙 níshā, silt
泥坑 níkēng, mud pit/mire/morass
稀泥 水泥板 泥瓦匠 níwǎjiàng, bricklayer/tiler/mason
泥水 níshuǐ, muddy water/mud/masonry (craft)
泥水匠 níshuǐjiàng, mason
蒜泥 污泥 wūní, mud/sludge
橡皮泥 胶泥 jiāoní, [膠泥], clay
泥塘 泥塑 nísù, clay modeling/clay figurine or statue
泥墙 油泥 软泥 ruǎnní, [軟泥], soft mud/silt/sludge/ooze (geology)
水泥路 泥垢 nígòu, dirt/grime
泥人 nírén, clay figurine
印泥 yìnní, red ink paste used for seal
泥菩萨 nípúsà, [泥菩薩], clay Bodhisattva
和稀泥 huòxīní, to try to smooth things over/to paper over the issues/to gloss things over
煤泥 污泥浊水 河泥 底泥 泥腿子 nítuǐzi, peasant/yokel
泥疗 泥煤 níméi, peat
灰 ⇒
灰 huī, ash/dust/lime/gray/discouraged/dejected
灰色 huīsè, gray/ash gray/grizzly/pessimistic/gloomy/dispirited/ambiguous
骨灰 gǔhuī, bone ash/ashes of the dead
灰姑娘 Huīgūniang, Cinderella/a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
灰尘 huīchén, [灰塵], dust
灰烬 huījìn, [灰燼], ashes
烟灰缸 yānhuīgāng, [煙灰缸], ashtray
灰心 huīxīn, to lose heart/to be discouraged
灰暗 huīàn, dull gray/drab/murky
灰飞烟灭 huīfēiyānmiè, [灰飛煙滅], lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)/fig. to be annihilated/to vanis...
烟灰 yānhuī, [煙灰], cigarette ash
化为灰烬 骨灰盒 gǔhuīhé, box for bone ashes/funerary casket
石灰 shíhuī, lime (calcium oxide)
大灰狼 dàhuīláng, big bad wolf
灰心丧气 huīxīnsàngqì, [灰心喪氣], downhearted/downcast/in despair
炮灰 pàohuī, cannon fodder
心灰意冷 xīnhuīyìlěng, discouraged/downhearted
死灰 石灰石 shíhuīshí, limestone
灰溜溜 huīliūliū, dull gray/gloomy/dejected/crestfallen/with one's tail between one's legs
灰白 huībái, colored/ash-colored
死灰复燃 sǐhuīfùrán, [死灰復燃], lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence/sth ma...
煤灰 méihuī, soot
火山灰 huǒshānhuī, volcanic ash
万念俱灰 wànniànjùhuī, [萬念俱灰], every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
油灰 银灰色 灰质炎 灰鲸 灰土 Huītǔ/huītǔ, Spodosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy), dust
一鼻子灰 灰白色 huībáisè, ash gray
深灰色 shēnhuīsè, dark gray
灰鼠 灰鹅 炉灰 石灰岩 shíhuīyán, limestone
深灰 灰蒙蒙 huīmēngmēng, dusky/overcast (of weather)
灰质 生石灰 shēngshíhuī, calcium oxide CaO/quicklime
灰度 huīdù, grayscale
灰市 灰指甲 灰不溜秋 huībuliūqiū, see 灰不溜丟|灰不溜丢[huī bu liū diū]
灰鹤 huīhè, [灰鶴], (bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
磷灰石 línhuīshí, apatite/phosphatic limestone
灰扑扑 抹灰 mǒhuī, to plaster/to render (a wall)/(fig.) to bring shame on/also pr. [mò huī]
灰浆 huījiāng, [灰漿], mortar (for masonry)