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泥浆 (ní jiāng) — slurry, mud (technical fluid used in drilling and construction)

Definition

Technical term for wet fluid mud used in drilling, tunneling, and construction — a controlled mixture of soil, water, and additives, thicker and more viscous than ordinary 泥 (mud).

noun
slurrymud (technical fluid used in drilling and construction)

Examples

  • 泥浆。
    Zuàn jǐng shí xū yào bú duàn xún huán ní jiāng lái lěng què zuàn tóu.
    During drilling, you need to continuously circulate slurry to cool the drill bit.
  • ，泥浆。
    Zhè céng qiáng bì hěn báo, shàng miàn tú le yī céng ní jiāng.
    This layer of wall is very thin; it has a coat of slurry on top.
  • 泥浆。
    Shī gōng qián yào jiǎn chá ní jiāng de mì dù hé nián dù.
    Before construction, check the density and viscosity of the slurry.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

泥nímud
浆jiāngthick liquid

Mud plus thick liquid together give the sense of a watery, muddy slurry.

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
尼
尼ní泥nì
Same sound today

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

Open 泥 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 漿; 浆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng漿jiāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 漿 uses 水 to show a liquid and 將 for the sound. The simplified 浆 is a later shorthand, so its shape is not the historical one.

Open 浆 →
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