Cantonese words starting with N

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nai4 gung1 zai2

a doll or figurine made from clay [colloquial]

Metapenaeus ensis ; sand shrimp

mud pit; morass

clams; blood cockles

the layer of arable soil

dead chips, gambling chips that cannot be exchanged for money which must be used within the casino [written and colloquial]

nai4 maang1 dik1

unregulated taxi

nai4 ngaa5 zoeng6

bricklayer; mason

nai4 ngau4 jap6 hoi2

lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning

nai4 pou4 saat3

泥菩薩泥菩萨

clay Bodhisattva

nai4 pou4 saat3 gwo3 gong1

泥菩薩過江泥菩萨过江

(idiom) someone is hardly able to save herself

nai4 pou4 saat3 gwo3 gong1 ，zi6 san1 naan4 bou2

泥菩薩過江，自身難保泥菩萨过江，自身难保

like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety

泥盆紀泥盆纪

Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)

nai4 saa1 keoi1 haa6

mud and sand flow together (idiom)

stubborn and conservative

landslide; mudslide

(noun) muddy water

nai4 seoi2 lou2

bricklayer; tiler; plasterer; mason (spoken)

nai4 seoi2 zoeng6

nai4 taan3 sin2

泥炭蘚泥炭藓

matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)

泥頭車泥头车

earth; soil; mud; clay

nai4 zat1 jip6 ngaam4

泥質頁岩泥质页岩

nai4 zat1 ngaam4

泥質岩泥质岩

mudstone (geology)

putty (used by plumbers and glaziers)

(noun) clay bricks

(Cant.) decayed teeth; tongue-tied

nam2 co3 gaak3 lei4

諗錯隔籬谂错隔篱

To think in the wrong way

諗得過谂得过

be worth considering