泥潭

Chinese

		restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp	deep; deep pool; pit
trad. (泥潭)		泥	潭
simp. #(泥潭)		泥	潭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nítán

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nai⁴ taam⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ni⁵ tam⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nítán
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nítán
    • Wade–Giles: ni²-tʻan²
    • Yale: ní-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nitarn
    • Palladius: нитань (nitanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nai⁴ taam⁴
    • Yale: nàih tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nai⁴ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nei⁴ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐi̯²¹ tʰaːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ni⁵ tam⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nî thâm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰam⁵⁵/

Noun

泥潭

1. (geology) mire; mud
2. (figuratively) difficult situation