烂泥 (làn ní) — mud, slush, mire | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

mudslushmire

Measure word · 滩

Examples

烂泥，。
Yǔ hòu lù shang quán shì làn ní, xiǎo xīn bié shuāi dǎo le.
After the rain the road is completely covered in mud; be careful not to fall.
烂泥，。
Tā de xié shàng zhān mǎn le làn ní, kàn qǐ lái hěn bù gān jìng.
His shoes are covered in mud; they look very dirty.
烂泥，。
Nóng mín yòng làn ní lái qì qiáng, zhè zhǒng fáng zi hěn liáng kuai.
Farmers use mud to build walls; this kind of house is very cool.

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.

烂 rotten and 泥 mud combine to mean soft mud or slush.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 爛; 烂 is its simplified writing.

火闌爛

Meaning part形符xíngfú

火火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

闌

闌lán爛làn

Same sound today

The form 爛 pairs 火 (fire) with 闌 as the sound part; this explains 爛, not the simplified 烂.

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

氵尼泥

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.

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