泥泞 nínìng muddy
muddy; mud
How to remember 泥泞: 泥 mud + 泞 mud = muddy.
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How it is used
- An adjective for muddy and slippery ground - 道路泥泞 (dàolù nínìng) the road is muddy.
- Describes the messy, hard-to-walk state after rain; often 泥泞不堪 (nínìng bùkān) hopelessly muddy.
- Not a lump of mud (that's 泥) but the condition of a surface being mud-covered.