Chinese symbol for “cling”
黏住
nián zhù
cling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cling is 黏住 (nián zhù), defined as: cling.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cling”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 黏住.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黏膜 | nián mó | mucous membrane |
| 黏液 | nián yè | mucus |
| 黏性 | nián xìng | adhesiveness; stickiness; viscosity |
| 黏土 | nián tǔ | clay |
| 黏度 | nián dù | viscosity |
| 黏着 (黏著) | nián zhuó | to adhere; to stick together; to bond; to agglutinate |
| 居住 | jū zhù | to reside; to dwell |
| 住宅 | zhù zhái | residence; dwelling; abode |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cling”.
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.