Chinese symbol for “putty”
腻子
nì zi
Traditional: 膩子
putty (same as 泥子); frequent caller; hanger-on
The closest CC-CEDICT match for putty is 腻子 (nì zi), defined as: putty (same as 泥子); frequent caller; hanger-on.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “putty”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 腻子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 细腻 (細膩) | xì nì | (of skin etc) smooth; satiny; delicate; (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed; subtle; exquisite; meticulous |
| 油腻 (油膩) | yóu nì | greasy food; oily food; (of food) greasy; oily; fatty |
| 猫腻 (貓膩) | māo nì | (coll.) something fishy; shenanigans |
| 吃腻 (吃膩) | chī nì | to be sick of eating (sth); to be tired of eating (sth) |
| 滑腻 (滑膩) | huá nì | (of skin) satiny |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “putty”.
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.