Chinese symbol for “stalemate”
胶着
jiāo zhuó
Traditional: 膠著
to stick onto; stalemate; gridlock; to agglutinate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stalemate is 胶着 (jiāo zhuó), defined as: to stick onto; stalemate; gridlock; to agglutinate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胶着.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 橡胶 (橡膠) | xiàng jiāo | rubber; caoutchouc |
| 塑胶 (塑膠) | sù jiāo | synthetic resin; plastic cement; (Tw) plastic |
| 胶囊 (膠囊) | jiāo náng | (pharm.) capsule |
| 胶带 (膠帶) | jiāo dài | adhesive tape; magnetic tape |
| 胶片 (膠片) | jiāo piàn | (photographic) film |
| 胶卷 (膠卷) | jiāo juǎn | roll of film |
| 随着 (隨著) | suí zhe | along with; in the wake of |
| 有着 (有著) | yǒu zhe | to have; to possess |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stalemate”.
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.