Chinese symbol for “adhesion”
粘连
zhān lián
Traditional: 粘連
adhesion; to adhere; to cohere; to stick
The closest CC-CEDICT match for adhesion is 粘连 (zhān lián), defined as: adhesion; to adhere; to cohere; to stick.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “adhesion”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黏着力 (黏著力) | nián zhuó lì | adhesion; adhesive force |
| 沾黏 | zhān nián | (Tw) to stick (to sth); adhesion (medicine) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 粘连.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粘贴 (粘貼) | zhān tiē | to stick; to affix |
| 粘性 | nián xìng | variant of 黏性 (nián xìng) |
| 粘液 | nián yè | variant of 黏液 (nián yè) |
| 粘稠 | nián chóu | viscous; thick and sticky |
| 连续 (連續) | lián xù | continuous; in a row |
| 连结 (連結) | lián jié | variant of 联结 (lián jié); (Tw) link (on a website); hyperlink |
| 连接 (連接) | lián jiē | to link; to join; to connect |
| 连任 (連任) | lián rèn | to continue in (a political) office; to serve for another term of office |
See also: Japanese symbol for “adhesion”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.