粘土 (niántǔ): clay

Measure Word

一块粘土 kuài

Literally 'sticky earth' — soil that sticks together, i.e. clay.

Háizimen yòng niántǔ niē le gèzhǒng xiǎo dòngwù.

The children molded various small animals out of clay.

Zhè zhǒng niántǔ hěn shìhé zuò táoqì.

This type of clay is very suitable for making pottery.

mistakes

The traditional/original character is 黏 (nián, sticky), but 粘 is widely used in simplified Chinese. Both 粘土 and 黏土 are acceptable.

粘 zhān

土 tǔ