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Chinese symbol for “viscosity”

黏度
nián dù
viscosity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for viscosity is 黏度 (nián dù), defined as: viscosity.

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Characters and stroke order

黏 nián
to stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue
radical 202 ⿉ · 17 strokes
度 dù
degree, system; manner; to consider
radical 53 ⼴ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “viscosity”

WordPinyinMeaning
粘稠度nián chóu dùviscosity
黏稠度nián chóu dùviscosity
浓度 (濃度)nóng dùconcentration (percentage of dissolved material in a solution); consistency
黏性nián xìngadhesiveness; stickiness; viscosity
黏滞性 (黏滯性)nián zhì xìngviscosity

Related words

Other words that share a character with 黏度.

WordPinyinMeaning
黏膜nián mómucous membrane
黏液nián yèmucus
黏性nián xìngadhesiveness; stickiness; viscosity
黏土nián tǔclay
黏着 (黏著)nián zhuóto adhere; to stick together; to bond; to agglutinate
制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution
程度chéng dùdegree; level; extent
态度 (態度)tài dumanner; bearing

See also: Japanese symbol for “viscosity”.

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.