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泥水

Mandarin · pinyin ní shuǐ

Meanings

  1. muddy water
  2. mud
  3. masonry (craft)
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泥
ní · mud, mire; earth, clay; plaster
水
shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
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2–3 · ni2 shui3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

nai4 seoi2

Cantonese word readings for 泥水. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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nai4 seoi2

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noun

  1. muddy water
  2. (literary or dialectal) bricklayer; tiler; plasterer

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