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adjective | nián hu | sticky |
| 黏液noun | nián yè | mucus |
| 黏膜noun | nián mó | mucous membrane |
| 黏着verb | nián zhuó | to adhere |
| 黏土noun | nián tǔ | clay |
| 黏附verb | nián fù | to adhere |
| 黏合剂noun | nián hé jì | glue |
| 黏住 | nián zhù | cling |
| 黏性noun | nián xìng | adhesiveness |
| 黏合verb | nián hé | to glue together |
| 黏度noun | nián dù | 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.
效果倒是还行，也不黏黏的，干得有点慢。
xiào guǒ dǎo shì hái háng , yě bù nián nián de , gān dé yǒu diǎn màn .
The results are actually pretty good—it's not sticky, but it does take a while to dry.
... 直行机车反应不急撞上 19岁骑士受伤“黏”车侧
. . . zhí háng jī chē fǎn yīng bù jí zhuàng shàng 1 9 suì qí shì shòu shāng nián chē cè
... A car traveling straight failed to react in time and collided with a 19-year-old motorcyclist, who was left pinned to the side of the vehicle
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
Prices of interior decoration materials are rising due to the conflict in the Middle East! Adhesives are up 30% and wood panels are up 20%.
...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.
Character Family
黍 Radical Family — Characters sharing the millet radical
Related Characters
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