Chinese symbol for “silt”
泥沙
ní shā
silt
The closest CC-CEDICT match for silt is 泥沙 (ní shā), defined as: silt.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “silt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淤泥 | yū ní | silt; sludge |
| 淤 | yū | silt; river sludge |
| 粉砂 | fěn shā | silt |
| 淤积 (淤積) | yū jī | to silt up; silt |
| 粉土 | fěn tǔ | silt; silty soil |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 泥沙.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement; measure word: 袋 (dài) |
| 泥土 | ní tǔ | earth; soil; mud; clay |
| 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 |
| 沙漠 | shā mò | desert; 个 (gè) |
| 金沙 | jīn shā | gold dust; salted egg yolk sauce |
| 沙发 (沙發) | shā fā | (loanword) sofa (条 (tiáo),张 (zhāng)); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post |
See also: Japanese symbol for “silt”.
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.