Chan Wei Lik wrote:

From:   Quek Kwang-Ee[SMTP:x94quek1@wmich.edu]

Ni possibly means curse if it's one of the chinese words I don't
know.

Ni in this case means drowned. In chinese each of the springs' name can be translated as Spring of the Drowned (whatever)

Oh. then the direct translation is (insert) drowned spring.