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粘

zhān

Character

What 粘 means

1. to glue; to paste
2. to adhere; to stick to

Other readings

粘 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• niánvariant of {黏|nián}

Example sentences

• 等一下再粘。
  Děng yīxià zài zhān.
  Stick it on later.
• 你头发上粘着什么东西。
  Nǐ tóufa shàng zhān zhe shénme dōngxi.
  There's something in your hair.
• 复制/粘贴是很有用的。
  Fùzhì / zhāntiē shì hěn yǒuyòng de.
  Copy-and-paste is very useful.
• 汤姆的鞋底粘了口香糖。
  There was some chewing gum on the sole of Tom's shoe.
• 你头发上粘着什幺东西。
  There's something in your hair.
• 汤姆把它重新粘了起来。
  Tom glued it back together.

Words starting with 粘

• 粘贴zhān tiēto stick; to affix; to adhere
• 粘稠nián chóuviscous; thick and sticky
• 粘扣zhān kòuvelcro
• 粘接zhān jiēto bond; to splice
• 粘聚nián jùto cohere; to group together as a unit; to agglomerate
• 粘虫nián chóngarmy worm (e.g. Mythimna separata or Leucania separata etc, major cereal pests)
• 粘连zhān liánadhesion; to adhere; to cohere
• 粘乎乎nián hū hūsticky; slimy
• 粘扣带zhān kòu dàivelcro; Taiwan pr. nián kòu dài
• 粘船鱼zhān chuán yúshark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
• 粘皮带骨nián pí dài gǔ(old; idiom) muddled; indecisive; plodding
• 粘缠nián chánto stick closely to; cloying
• 粘稠度nián chóu dùviscosity
• 粘糯nián nuòsticky; glutinous (mouthfeel)
• 粘性nián xìngvariant of 黏性
• 粘皮着骨nián pí zhuó gǔsee 粘皮带骨

Words containing 粘

• 魔鬼粘mó guǐ zhān(Taiwan) Velcro fastener; touch fastener
• 不粘锅bù zhān guōnon-stick pan

Characters built on 占

These share the phonetic component 占 (zhàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 站zhànstation; to stand; to halt
• 战zhànto fight; fight; war
• 沾zhānto moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
• 毡zhānfelt (fabric)
• 苫shānstraw mat; thatch
• 觇chānto observe; to spy on; Taiwan pr. zhān

Characters that look like 粘

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

• 站zhànstation; to stand; to halt
• 粒lìgrain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects…
• 袖xiùsleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
• 釉yòuglaze (of porcelain)
• 秸jiēgrain stalks left after threshing
• 粕pògrains in distilled liquor

Sounds the same

Read zhān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 沾to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
• 瞻to gaze; to view
• 毡felt (fabric)
• 詹(literary) verbose; (literary) to arrive, to reach
• 占to observe; to divine
• 谵(literary) to rant; to rave; to be delirious
• 旃felt; silken banner
• 栴used in 栴檀
• 𧮪garrulous; to whisper; to joke
• 邅not making progress
• 𫗴thick congee
• 驙(horse)