泥巴 (ní bā) — mud; mire

Definition

noun
mudmire
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 泥巴
    Xià yǔ hòu, lù shang quán shì ní bā.
    After the rain, the road is covered in mud.
  • 泥巴
    Hái zi men zài yuàn zi lǐ wán ní bā.
    The children are playing with mud in the yard.
  • 泥巴
    Wǒ de xié zi shàng zhān le xǔ duō ní bā.
    My shoes got a lot of mud on them.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

familiar ending

泥 means mud, and 巴 adds a familiar spoken feel to the word.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Written in full asshuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
Same sound today

The left side is 氵, the water part; the right side is 尼, which gives the sound.

Open 泥 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 巴 →

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