Chinese symbol for “mucus”
黏液
nián yè
mucus
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mucus is 黏液 (nián yè), defined as: mucus.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “mucus”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漦 | lí | go with current; mucus |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 黏液.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黏膜 | nián mó | mucous membrane |
| 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 |
| 血液 | xuè yè | blood; (fig.) lifeblood |
| 液体 (液體) | yè tǐ | liquid |
| 精液 | jīng yè | semen |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mucus”.
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.
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