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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

泥 ní
mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
石 shí
stone, rock, mineral
radical 112 ⽯ · 5 strokes
流 liú
to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “landslide”

WordPinyinMeaning
山崩shān bēnglandslide; landslip
崩坍bēng tānlandslide; collapse (of mountain side)
崩塌bēng tātalus slide; to crumble (of scree slope)
滑坡huá pōrockslide; landslip
地滑dì huálandslide

Related words

Other words that share a character with 泥石流.

WordPinyinMeaning
水泥shuǐ nícement; measure word: 袋 (dài)
泥土ní tǔearth; soil; mud; clay
泥沙ní shāsilt
草泥马 (草泥馬)cǎo ní mǎsee 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 nìngmuddy; mud
泥巴ní ba(coll.) mud
石油shí yóuoil; petroleum
石头 (石頭)shí toustone; 块 (kuài)
交流jiāo liúto 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.

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