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滞

zhì

HSK 6 Character Traditional 滯

What 滞 means

1. bound formsluggish; stagnant

Example sentences

• 滞纳金是多少？
  Zhìnàjīn shì duōshao?
  How much is the late fee?
• 阿尔及尔从不停滞不前。
  ā'ěrjí'ěr cóngbù tíngzhìbùqián.
  Algiers never stands still.
• 我有一星期没用Anki了，现在我有五百张卡片滞后。
  Wǒ yǒu yī xīngqī méiyòng A nki le, xiànzài wǒ yǒu wǔ bǎi zhāng kǎpiàn zhìhòu.
  I haven't used Anki for a week, and now I'm behind by 500 cards.

Words starting with 滞

• 滞留zhì liú(of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving)…
• 滞后zhì hòuto lag behind
• 滞塞zhì sāito obstruct
• 滞纳zhì nàoverdue (payment); in arrears
• 滞胀zhì zhàngstagflation (i.e. simultaneous inflation and stagnation)
• 滞销zhì xiāoto sell poorly; unmarketable; slow-moving (product, inventory etc)
• 滞期费zhì qī fèidemurrage charge (shipping) (currency)
• 滞留锋zhì liú fēngstationary front (meteorology)
• 滞纳金zhì nà jīnoverdue fine; late fine

Words containing 滞

• 停滞tíng zhìstagnation; at a standstill; bogged down
• 呆滞dāi zhìdull; lifeless; sluggish
• 停滞不前tíng zhì bù qiánstuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant; in a rut; at a standstill
• 凝滞níng zhìto stagnate; to congeal; (fig.) to stop still
• 暗滞àn zhìdull (complexion)
• 板滞bǎn zhìstiff; dull
• 气滞qì zhìstagnation of 气
• 迟滞chí zhìdelay; procrastination
• 阻滞zǔ zhìto clog up; silted up
• 目光呆滞mù guāng dāi zhìto have a lifeless look in one's eyes (idiom)
• 迟滞现象chí zhì xiàn xiànghysteresis
• 黏滞nián zhìviscous
• 黏滞性nián zhì xìngviscosity
• 淤滞yū zhìsilted up; obstructed by silt; variant of 瘀滞
• 瘀滞yū zhì(in Chinese medicine) stasis (of blood or other fluids)
• 迂滞yū zhìhigh-sounding and impractical
• 蹇滞jiǎn zhìawkward; ominous; unfavorable

Characters that look like 滞

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 眼yǎneye; (often used with 一; small hole
• 愤fènindignant; anger; resentment
• 谛dìto examine; truth (Buddhism)
• 猬wèi(bound form) hedgehog
• 滓zǐ(bound form) dregs; sediment
• 绮qǐbeautiful; open-work silk

Sounds the same

Read zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 至to arrive; most; to
• 质character; nature; quality
• 志aspiration; ambition; the will
• 制system; to control; to regulate
• 治to rule; to govern; to manage
• 置to install; to place; to put
• 致(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 智(literary) wise; wisdom
• 秩(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 帜flag
• 挚sincere
• 掷to toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. zhí