Chinese symbol for “landslide”
泥石流
ní shí liú
landslide; torrent of mud and stones; mudslide
The closest CC-CEDICT match for landslide is 泥石流 (ní shí liú), defined as: landslide; torrent of mud and stones; mudslide.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “landslide”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山崩 | shān bēng | landslide; landslip |
| 崩坍 | bēng tān | landslide; collapse (of mountain side) |
| 崩塌 | bēng tā | talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope) |
| 滑坡 | huá pō | rockslide; landslip |
| 地滑 | dì huá | landslide |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 泥石流.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement; measure word: 袋 (dài) |
| 泥土 | ní tǔ | earth; soil; mud; clay |
| 泥沙 | ní shā | silt |
| 草泥马 (草泥馬) | cǎo ní mǎ | see 肏你妈 (cào nǐ mā) (near homophone used to avoid Internet censorship); (Internet slang) fictional alpaca-like animal; by extension, an actu |
| 泥泞 (泥濘) | ní nìng | muddy; mud |
| 泥巴 | ní ba | (coll.) mud |
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
| 石头 (石頭) | shí tou | stone; 块 (kuài) |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | to exchange; exchange |
See also: Japanese symbol for “landslide”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.