黏 (nián): sticky, glutinous, (Tw) to adhere, to stick on, to glue
黏 (nián) is a Chinese character meaning “sticky.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 黍 (semantic) and 占 (phonetic). It ranks #2950 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 黏 millet. Its radical form 黍 (millet) appears in many related characters such as 黎 (lí, Li ethnic group of Hainan Province).
Definitions
- sticky
- glutinous
- (Tw) to adhere
- to stick on
- to glue
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黏糊 | nián hu | sticky |
| 黏液 | nián yè | mucus |
| 黏膜 | nián mó | mucous membrane |
| 黏着 | nián zhuó | to adhere |
| 黏土 | nián tǔ | clay |
| 黏附 | nián fù | to adhere |
| 黏合剂 | nián hé jì | glue |
| 黏住 | nián zhù | cling |
| 黏性 | nián xìng | stickiness |
| 黏合 | nián hé | to glue together |
| 黏度 | nián dù | (physics) viscosity |
| 黏胶 | nián jiāo | glue |
| 黏着力 | nián zhuó lì | adhesion |
| 黏着性 | nián zhuó xìng | (linguistic) agglutinative |
| 黏性力 | nián xìng lì | (physics) viscous force |
黏 appears in 45 compound words: 87 as the first character, 7 as the last, and 7 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 黏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这个黏字的意思与它的部首有关。
zhè gě nián zì de yì sī yú tā de bù shǒu yǒu guān .
The meaning of the character "粘" is related to its radical.
装潢材料因中东战火涨! 黏着剂贵3成 板材贵20%
zhuāng 潢 cái liào yīn zhōng dōng zhàn huǒ zhǎng ! nián zhe jì guì 3 chéng bǎn cái guì 2 0
...疗才能彻底根除?维生素A/E口服有助修复黏膜吗
. . . liáo cái néng chè de gēn chú ? wéi shēng sù A E kǒu fú yǒu zhù xiū fù nián mó ma
...What kind of treatment is needed to completely eliminate it? Can taking vitamins A and E orally help repair the mucous membranes?
元宵节为什么要吃元宵?糯米黏性大老人小孩要少吃几颗吗
yuán xiāo jié wéi shén má yāo chī yuán xiāo ? 糯 mǐ nián xìng dà lǎo rén xiǎo hái yāo shǎo chī jī kē ma
Why do we eat yuanxiao on the Lantern Festival? Since glutinous rice is very sticky, should the elderly and children limit their intake?
藉由煮沸以减少黏浆状物质。
Jièyóu zhǔfèi yǐ jiǎnshǎo nián jiāng zhuàngwù zhì.
Reduce to pulp by boiling.
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.
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.
黏着语有许多后缀。
Niánzhuóyǔ yǒu xǔduō hòuzhuì.
Agglutinative languages have a lot of suffixes.
他用铲子刮掉黏在地上的广告单。
Tāyòng chǎnzi guādiào nián zài dìshàng de guǎnggào dān.
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)》。」
Tāngmǔ shuō:「 wǒ tuīchū de quánxīn dònghuà diànyǐng jiàozuò 《 shēnzhǎn shìjiè: niántǔ de mòrì ( xià )》.」
"My new animated movie is called 'Stretchie: End of Clays Part II,'" said Tom.
Character Family
黍 Radical Family — Characters sharing the millet radical
Related Characters
Frequently Asked Questions
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