泥坑

Chinese

		restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp	pit; to defraud
trad. (泥坑)		泥	坑
simp. #(泥坑)		泥	坑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níkēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄎㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nai⁴ haang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níkēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄎㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níkeng
    • Wade–Giles: ni²-kʻêng¹
    • Yale: ní-kēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nikeng
    • Palladius: никэн (nikɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nai⁴ haang¹
    • Yale: nàih hāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nai⁴ haang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nei⁴ hang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐi̯²¹ haːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

泥坑

1. (literally, figuratively) mud pit; morass; mire

   • 誰懷疑我們領導革命戰爭的能力，誰就會陷進機會主義的泥坑裡去。 [MSC, trad.]
     谁怀疑我们领导革命战争的能力，谁就会陷进机会主义的泥坑里去。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1935, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論反對日本帝國主義的策略》 (On Tactics Against Japanese Imperialism), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Shéi huáiyí wǒmen lǐngdǎo gémìng zhànzhēng de nénglì, shéi jiù huì xiànjìn jīhuìzhǔyì de níkēng lǐ qù. [Pinyin]

     Whoever questions our ability to lead the revolutionary war will fall into the morass of opportunism.

Synonyms

• (literary) 泥淖 (nínào)