# 泥潭 (nítán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 泥潭 (nítán) means “quagmire; mud pit; mire”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: quagmire; mud pit; mire
- Pinyin: nítán (ni2 tan2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 雨后车子陷进了泥潭里。
  Yǔ hòu chēzi xiànjìn le nítán lǐ.
  The car got stuck in the mud pit after the rain.

## Characters

- [泥](https://hanziro.com/word/ni-mud/) (ní): mud; clay
- 潭 (tán): deep pool; pond

https://hanziro.com/word/ni-tan-quagmire/

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Audio: audio-cmn (CC BY-SA).