Chinese symbol for “clingy”
黏人
nián rén
(of a child) clingy; (of a pet) fond of interacting with people; friendly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for clingy is 黏人 (nián rén), defined as: (of a child) clingy; (of a pet) fond of interacting with people; friendly.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “clingy”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 黏人.
| 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 |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “clingy”.
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.