Chinese symbol for “stagnate”
凝滞
níng zhì
Traditional: 凝滯
to stagnate; to congeal; (fig.) to stop still; to freeze
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stagnate is 凝滞 (níng zhì), defined as: to stagnate; to congeal; (fig.) to stop still; to freeze.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凝滞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 混凝土 | hùn níng tǔ | concrete (building material) |
| 凝聚 | níng jù | to condense; to coagulate |
| 凝结 (凝結) | níng jié | to condense; to solidify |
| 凝聚力 | níng jù lì | cohesion; cohesiveness |
| 凝固 | níng gù | to freeze; to solidify |
| 凝视 (凝視) | níng shì | to gaze at; to fix one's eyes on |
| 停滞 (停滯) | tíng zhì | stagnation; at a standstill |
| 滞留 (滯留) | zhì liú | (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded; (of sth that would typically dissipate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stagnate”.
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.