Chinese symbol for “swamp”
泥沼
ní zhǎo
swamp
The closest CC-CEDICT match for swamp is 泥沼 (ní zhǎo), defined as: swamp.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “swamp”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沼泽 (沼澤) | zhǎo zé | marsh; swamp |
| 沼泽地 (沼澤地) | zhǎo zé dì | marsh; swamp |
| 浸没 (浸沒) | jìn mò | to immerse; to swamp |
| 菹 | zū | marshland; swamp |
| 沼泽地带 (沼澤地帶) | zhǎo zé dì dài | marsh; swamp |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 泥沼.
| 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 |
| 沼泽 (沼澤) | zhǎo zé | marsh; swamp |
| 沼气 (沼氣) | zhǎo qì | marsh gas; methane CH4 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “swamp”.
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.