泥 土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay 粘 土 nián tǔ clay / loam 黏 土 nián tǔ clay 胶 泥 jiāo ní clay 土 earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] 泥 mud / clay / paste / pulp 堇 clay / old variant of 僅|仅[jin3] / violet (plant) 垆 clay / shop 克 莱 Kè lái Clay (name) 土 人 tǔ rén native / aborigine / clay figure 泥 塑 ní sù clay modeling / clay figurine or statue 高 岭 土 gāo lǐng tǔ kaolin (clay) / china clay 八 音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 陶 土 táo tǔ potter's clay / kaolin 彩 塑 cǎi sù painted clay figure 水 罐 shuǐ guàn container for holding and pouring water (or other liquid): jug, pitcher, clay jar, jerry can, water bottle etc 泥 牛 入 海 ní niú rù hǎi lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom) / fig. to disappear with no hope of returning 泥 菩 萨 ní pú sà clay Bodhisattva 骨 瓷 gǔ cí bone china (fine white porcelain made from a mixture of clay and bone ash) 封 泥 fēng ní sealing clay / lute 塑 to model (a figure) in clay 埴 soil with large clay content 埏 to mix water with clay 塥 dry clay lump 土 牛 木 马 tǔ niú mù mǎ clay ox, wooden horse (idiom) / shape without substance / worthless object 寝 苫 枕 块 qǐn shān zhěn kuài bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom) / the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period 泥 菩 萨 过 江 ní pú sà guò jiāng a clay Bodhisattva fording a river / unable to save oneself, let alone others 泥 封 ní fēng to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute / lute / luting 垟 clay sheep buried with the dead 戠 a sword. potter's clay. to gather 一 品 锅 yī pǐn guō dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a clay pot / chafing dish 土 坝 tǔ bà earth dam / dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete) 土 牛 tǔ niú clay ox / mound of earth on a dike (ready for emergency repairs) 枕 块 zhěn kuài to use clay for a pillow (during mourning period) 泥 孩 ní hái clay doll 甄 陶 zhēn táo to make sth of clay / to appraise people of talent 砖 红 土 zhuān hóng tǔ red brick clay 黏 土 动 画 nián tǔ dòng huà clay animation / Claymation 泥 菩 萨 过 江 ， 自 身 难 保 ní pú sà guò jiāng , zì shēn nán bǎo like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety / unable to save oneself, let alone others 泥 人 ní rén clay figurine 泥 胎 ní tāi clay idol 胎 体 tāi tǐ (in ceramics, lacquerware etc) the base (made of clay, metal, bamboo etc) onto which a glaze, lacquer or other decorative elements are applied 紫 砂 zǐ shā a type of clay found in the region of Yixing 宜興|宜兴[Yi2 xing1], used to make Yixing stoneware, with its distinctive russet or dark purple coloring 橡 皮 泥 xiàng pí ní plasticine / modeling clay
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