泥沼

Chinese

		restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp	pond; pool
trad. (泥沼)		泥	沼
simp. ^#(泥沼)		泥	沼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nízhǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄓㄠˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-chiau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nízhǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄓㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: níjhǎo
  - Wade–Giles: ni²-chao³
  - Yale: ní-jǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nijao
  - Palladius: ничжао (ničžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-chiau
  - Tâi-lô: nî-tsiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niciaw
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡siau⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡siau³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² t͡siau⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siau⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ t͡siau⁴⁴/

Noun

泥沼

bog
the situation in which one is stuck (as if in a bog)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
泥	沼
どろ Grade: S	ぬま Grade: S
kun'yomi

From 泥(どろ) (doro, “mud”) + 沼(ぬま) (numa, “swamp”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どろぬま [dòrónúmá] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [do̞ɾo̞nɯ̟ma̠]

Noun

泥(どろ)沼(ぬま) • (doronuma)

muddy swamp; bog
the situation in which one is stuck (as if in a bog)

Derived terms

泥沼化 (doronumaka, “bog down”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
泥	沼
でい Grade: S	しょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) でーしょー [dèéshóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [de̞ːɕo̞ː]

Noun

泥(でい)沼(しょう) • (deishō)

muddy swamp; bog

References

“泥沼”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026