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Chinese symbol for “viscous”

粘稠
nián chóu
viscous; thick and sticky

The closest CC-CEDICT match for viscous is 粘稠 (nián chóu), defined as: viscous; thick and sticky.

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

粘 nián
viscous, sticky, mucous, glutinous
radical 119 ⽶ · 11 strokes
稠 chóu
crowded, dense; viscous, thick
radical 115 ⽲ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “viscous”

WordPinyinMeaning
糊糊hú huviscous; gooey
黏滞 (黏滯)nián zhìviscous
黏滑nián huáslimy (of rotten food); viscous

Related words

Other words that share a character with 粘稠.

WordPinyinMeaning
粘贴 (粘貼)zhān tiēto stick; to affix
粘性nián xìngvariant of 黏性 (nián xìng)
粘液nián yèvariant of 黏液 (nián yè)
粘连 (粘連)nián liánto adhere; to stick together
稠密chóu mìdense
人口稠密rén kǒu chóu mìpopulous
增稠剂 (增稠劑)zēng chóu jìthickener
浓稠 (濃稠)nóng chóuthick; dense and creamy

See also: Japanese symbol for “viscous”.

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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