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黏

nián

Character

What 黏 means

1. sticky; glutinous
2. Taiwanto adhere; to stick on; to glue

Example sentences

• 黏着语有许多后缀。
  Agglutinative languages have a lot of suffixes.
• 一些家具是用胶水黏在一起。
  Yīxiē jiājù shì yòng jiāoshuǐ nián zàiyīqǐ.
  Some furniture is put together with glue.
• 汤姆把黏土塑成了一个花瓶。
  Tāngmǔ bǎ niántǔ sù chéngle yī gè huāpíng.
  Tom worked the clay into a vase.
• 借由煮沸以减少黏浆状物质。
  Jièyóu zhǔfèi yǐ jiǎnshǎo nián jiāng zhuàngwù zhì.
  Reduce to pulp by boiling.
• 他用铲子刮掉黏在地上的广告单。
  He uses a spatula to scrape off advertisements that were stuck on the ground.
• 汤姆说：「我推出的全新动画电影叫做《伸展世界：黏土的末日 (下)》。」
  "My new animated movie is called 'Stretchie: End of Clays Part II,'" said Tom.

Words starting with 黏

• 黏人nián rén(of a child) clingy; (of a pet) fond of interacting with people; friendly
• 黏住nián zhùcling
• 黏儿nián rgum; resin
• 黏合nián héto glue together
• 黏土nián tǔclay
• 黏度nián dùviscosity
• 黏性nián xìngadhesiveness; stickiness; viscosity
• 黏木nián mùamonang tree (Ixonanthes chinensis)
• 黏液nián yèmucus
• 黏滑nián huáslimy (of rotten food); viscous; (mechanics) stick-slip
• 黏滞nián zhìviscous
• 黏米nián mǐglutinous rice; sticky rice; (dialect) broomcorn millet
• 黏糊nián husticky; glutinous; slow-moving
• 黏结nián jiéto cohere; to bind
• 黏膜nián mómucous membrane
• 黏胶nián jiāoglue; adhesive; viscose
• 黏菌nián jūnslime mold (Myxomycetes)
• 黏着nián zhuóto adhere; to stick together; to bond; to agglutinate
• 黏虫nián chóngarmyworm (Mythimna separata)
• 黏贴nián tiēto glue to; to paste onto; to stick on
• 黏附nián fùto adhere; to stick to
• 黏合剂nián hé jìglue
• 黏性力nián xìng lì(physics) viscous force
• 黏扣带nián kòu dàivelcro (Tw)

Words containing 黏

• 沾黏zhān nián(Taiwan) to stick (to sth); adhesion (medicine)
• 湿黏shī niánclammy
• 胶黏jiāo niánsticky; adhesive
• 胶黏剂jiāo nián jìglue; adhesive
• 鼻黏膜bí nián mónasal mucous membrane
• 副黏液病毒fù nián yè bìng dúparamyxovirus

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.

• 店diàninn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store
• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
• 扂diàndoor latch
• 玷diànblemish; disgrace; flaw in jade
• 拈niānto nip; to grasp with the fingers; to fiddle with
• 鲇niánsheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish; see also 鲶
• 坫diànstand for goblets

Characters that look like 黏

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

• 翻fānto turn over; to flip over; to overturn
• 豁huōopening; stake all; sacrifice
• 鞠jūto incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times…
• 鼬yòu(zoology) weasel
• 鹬yùcommon snipe; sandpiper
• 黠xiá(phonetic); crafty

Sounds the same

Read nián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 年year
• 鲶sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish; see also 鲇
• 鲇sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish; see also 鲶
• 粘variant of 黏