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淤泥
淤泥 (yū ní): Silt (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order
HSK 3.0
Level 7-9
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Character Breakdown
淤 • yū • silt, sediment, to silt up
yū
淤
silt, sediment, to silt up
泥 • ní • mud, clay, earth • HSK 3.0 · L6
HSK 3.0 · L6
ní
泥
mud, clay, earth
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How to Use 淤泥 in Sentences
Measure Word + Noun
with
滩
yī
一
tān
滩
yū
淤
ní
泥
neutral
a patch of silt
Noun + Noun
with
河底
hé
河
dǐ
底
yū
淤
ní
泥
Verb + Object
xiàn
陷
rù
入
yū
淤
ní
泥
neutral
Adjective + Noun
with
厚厚
hòu
厚
hòu
厚
de
的
yū
淤
ní
泥
5.
Example Sentences with 淤泥
hé
河
lǐ
里
yǒu
有
yū
淤
ní
泥
。
neutral
riverbed silt
sink into silt
qīng
清
lǐ
理
yū
淤
ní
泥
neutral
clear away silt
neutral
thick silt
There is silt in the river.
kǎo
考
gǔ
古
duì
队
zài
在
gǔ
古
hé
河
dào
道
zhōng
中
fā
发
xiàn
现
le
了
dà
大
liàng
量
fù
富
hán
含
wén
文
wù
物
de
的
yū
淤
ní
泥
。
The archaeological team discovered a large amount of silt rich in cultural relics in the ancient river channel.
nǐ
你
què
确
dìng
定
zhè
这
piàn
片
zhǎo
沼
zé
泽
de
的
yū
淤
ní
泥
bú
不
huì
会
yǐng
影
xiǎng
响
shī
施
gōng
工
ān
安
quán
全
ma
吗
?
Are you sure the silt in this swamp won't affect construction safety?
yóu
由
yú
于
cháng
长
qī
期
quē
缺
fá
乏
zhì
治
lǐ
理
,
gǎng
港
kǒu
口
háng
航
dào
道
yǐ
已
bèi
被
hòu
厚
hòu
厚
de
的
yū
淤
ní
泥
dǔ
堵
sè
塞
。
Due to long-term lack of management, the port channel has been blocked by thick silt.
gōng
工
rén
人
men
们
zhèng
正
zài
在
qīng
清
lǐ
理
hé
河
dào
道
de
的
yū
淤
ní
泥
,
yǐ
以
gǎi
改
shàn
善
shuǐ
水
zhì
质
。
The workers are cleaning the silt from the river channel to improve water quality.
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 淤泥.
Words with
泥
水泥
shuǐ ní
cement; concrete
泥土
ní tǔ
soil / earth
泥泞
ní nìng
muddy
泥潭
ní tán
quagmire / mire
拘泥
jū nì
to be rigid; to stick to; to be constrained by
泥巴
ní bā
mud
泥沼
ní zhǎo
bog; quagmire
泥浆
ní jiāng
mud, slurry