污泥 (wū ní) — sludge; mud; mire

Definition

Examples

• 工厂排出的污泥需要处理。
  Gōng chǎng pái chū de wū ní xū yào chǔ lǐ.
  The sludge discharged from the factory needs to be treated.
• 雨后路上全是污泥，很难走。
  Yǔ hòu lù shang quán shì wū ní, hěn nán zǒu.
  After the rain, the road was all mud and very hard to walk on.
• 这种污泥可以用来做肥料。
  Zhè zhǒng wū ní kě yǐ yòng lái zuò féi liào.
  This kind of sludge can be used to make fertilizer.