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
炭 ⇒
炭疽 tànjū, anthrax/bacillus
炭 tàn, wood charcoal/coal
泥炭 nítàn, peat
煤炭 méitàn, coal
木炭 mùtàn, charcoal
炭火 活性炭 huóxìngtàn, activated carbon
雪中送炭 xuězhōngsòngtàn, lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)/fig. to provide help in sb's hour...
焦炭 jiāotàn, coke (processed coal used in blast furnace)
炭坑 黑炭 hēitàn, coal/charcoal/(of skin) darkly pigmented/charcoal (color)/bituminous coal (minin...
炭化 炭笔 烧炭 shāotàn, [燒炭], to manufacture charcoal/to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon...
生灵涂炭 shēnglíngtútàn, [生靈塗炭], people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
石炭纪 Shítànjì, [石炭紀], Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)
火炭 HuǒTàn/huǒtàn, Fo Tan (area in Hong Kong), live coal/ember/burning coals
木炭画 石炭酸 shítànsuān, phenol C6HOH/same as 苯酚